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2. Clear aligners - Wikipedia

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   Clear-aligner treatment involves an orthodontist or dentist, or with home-based systems, the person themselves, taking a mold of the patient's teeth, which is used to create a digital tooth scan. The computerized model suggests stages between the current and desired teeth positions, and aligners are created for each stage.

3. Dental braces - Wikipedia

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   For example, with clear braces, impressions of a patient's teeth are evaluated to create a series of trays, which fit to the patient's mouth almost like a protective mouthpiece. With some forms of braces, the brackets are placed in a special form that is customized to the patient's mouth, drastically reducing the application time.

4. Retainer (orthodontics) - Wikipedia

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   Top (left) and bottom (right) retainers Vacuum form retainer in the foreground (used on upper); illustration of an early Hawley retainer in the background. Orthodontic retainers are custom-made devices, usually made of wires or clear plastic, that hold teeth in position after surgery or any method of realigning teeth.

5. Orthodontics - Wikipedia

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   While braces correct the position of teeth, orthodontic headgear—which, as the name suggests, is worn on or strapped onto the patient's head—is most often added to orthodontic treatment to help alter the alignment of the jaw, although there are some situations in which such an appliance can help move teeth, particularly molars.

6. Sleep problems in 30s and 40s may add extra years to your ...

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   Sleep quality issues in early middle-age are associated with accelerated brain aging and cognitive problems later in life, according to new research.

7. Shocking before-and-after photos show California's famed ...

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   Clear Lake, one of California's oldest and most-visited lakes, is not so clear anymore after an algal bloom turned the water cloudy and green.. Images from NASA underscore the dramatic change in ...