Treats for Sweets at Underwood Orthodontics

All of us at Underwood Orthodontics are excited to announce that we will be hosting a candy buy-back program! Treats for Sweets will take place on November 1st in our Marysville Office, and November 2nd in our Powell Office. We will give you $1 per pound of candy, for up to 10 pounds. Everyone is welcome to participate!

We will match what we give you and donate that money to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. We are also going to donate all of the candy that we receive to the Dublin Food Pantry!

Thank you in advance for helping us support these wonderful causes!

First Annual Great Pumpkin Event!

Have you been to our Facebook page recently? If so, you have probably seen all of the great pumpkin pictures!

Right now at Underwood Orthodontics, we are hosting our First Annual Great Pumpkin Event! We asked local dental offices to decorate pumpkins that we displayed in our office. Next, we asked all of you to vote for your favorite by "liking" the photo on Facebook or by coming in to the office and voting at the front desk. The winning office will win a lunch on us! Additionally, all of the pumpkins will find a home at Abbington of Powell Nursing Home just in time for Halloween.

There is still time to vote for your favorite! Good luck, and thank you for all of the wonderful entries!

The advantage of SureSmile®

Does the thought of having braces bring you down? The team at Underwood Orthodontics understands that one of the biggest concerns for orthodontic patients with braces is the length of their treatment.

But you’re in luck, because Dr. Underwood specializes in SureSmile, high-tech braces that are revolutionizing the orthodontic industry. SureSmile, which combines digital 3-D imaging, has computer-aided treatment planning and customized archwires to straighten teeth about 40 percent faster than traditional braces. The SureSmile program calculates the exact shape and pattern of the teeth and bends and cuts the braces wires, with more precision than traditional braces.

There are three steps. First, Dr. Underwood identifies the initial tooth position with the patented OraScanner, a wand with a tiny camera attached. The OraScanner creates a precise 3-D digital model of your mouth, which is then uploaded into software that lets Dr. Underwood view your mouth and teeth from any angle. Next, the SureSmile system allows us to create your entire treatment plan prior to treatment, using special computer software to analyze the 3-D model of your mouth and develop a custom archwire treatment. Finally, SureSmile’s robotic technology bends Shape Memory Alloy archwires, which can “remember” your prescription.

Results

With SureSmile’s specially programmed archwires, your teeth move more directly into their intended positions. The result for our patients is shortened treatment time and a more comfortable experience in braces.

Once the braces are on it’s only a matter of time before they are taken off revealing beautiful, straight, healthy teeth. With traditional braces a patient is expected to schedule 18 to 20 office visits over two years. With SureSmile, patients average seven to 10 visits and can have their braces off within half the time!

If you’re considering orthodontic treatment, please call Underwood Orthodontics or contact us on Facebook today!

Helpful retainers tips, from Dr. Underwood

If you recently completed treatment at Underwood Orthodontics, we’d like to congratulate you! Now that your braces have been removed, Dr. Kent Underwood will provide—or has provided you—with retainers. After braces are removed, teeth can shift out of position if they are not stabilized. Retainers provide that stabilization. They are designed to hold teeth in their corrected, ideal positions until the bones and gums adapt to the treatment changes. Wearing retainers exactly as instructed by Dr. Underwood is the best insurance that the treatment improvements last for a lifetime. Here are some things to remember when you receive your retainers:

* Wear your retainers full time, until the doctor instructs otherwise. Wearing your retainers at night ensures that your pearly whites won’t relapse.
* Take your retainers out when eating...and always put retainers in their case! (Most appliances are lost in school lunch rooms or restaurants.)
* Clean retainers thoroughly once a day with a toothbrush and only a small amount of toothpaste. Use warm but not hot water.
* When retainers are not in your mouth they should ALWAYS be in a retainer case.
* Retainers are breakable, so treat them with care. If retainers are lost or broken, give us a call immediately.
* Remove retainers when swimming or during any sporting activity in which the retainers could fall out and get broken or lost (cheerleading, basketball, etc.) or when you should be wearing a mouth guard (football, soccer, etc.).

We hope this helps! You can always contact our team if you have any questions!