by Chris Gajewski | Aug 23, 2017 | Orthodontics
It seems like every time I mention what I do for a living, I hear stories from half the people around me about how they had orthodontic treatment and have since relapsed, most back to the point where it was as if they never had braces. The fact is long term...
by Chris Gajewski | Nov 28, 2016 | Orthodontics
So you have or are looking at that fancy wand intraoral scanner. As practices move from just using it as a tool for Invisalign and difficult patients, and into digital dentistry and orthodontics, a very common conversation is taking place between doctors and lab...
by Chris Gajewski | Oct 10, 2016 | Orthodontics
A few doctors have mentioned to me that patients can agonize over picking a color or design for their retainers, usually while in the chair, wasting your valuable time and setting the schedule back. There is an easy fix for this: Have an appointment card printed that...
by Chris Gajewski | Sep 28, 2016 | Orthodontics
An oral surgeon from around the corner called my lab the other week with an emergency, wondering if we made flippers? A patient of his, who was about to graduate college, had an unfortunate encounter between a baseball bat and his front teeth and he needed to look...
by Chris Gajewski | Sep 15, 2016 | Orthodontics
An old adage in carpentry is measure once, cut twice; measure twice, cut once. This idea can be applied to guards and splints. Fitting a guard or a splint can be tricky, with a lot of grinding. But it does not have to be. I just had a doctor call complaining that the...
by Chris Gajewski | May 11, 2016 | Orthodontics
Sun and fun were plentiful. My enjoyment of said sun and fun were as limited as my sleep. I swear I walked as much in three days as I do during a month. The biggest news came from 3Shape’s Trios. It was announced that Invisalign would start accepting scans from Trios....
