Avoid Brushing After Every Single Meal!

December 21st, 2017

Here is some surprising yet worthwhile advice you might be hearing for the first time: Brushing after a meal can be incredibly bad for your teeth if you do it after eating certain foods. Enamel is an extremely hard mineral on the exterior of each of your teeth. It’s actually the hardest substance in the…
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Adults and Braces

December 14th, 2017

Braces aren’t just for kids. Many grownups are taking advantage of orthodontic treatment and having their teeth straightened at a later age. Sometimes, patients include adults who already had braces in the past, but their teeth shifted over time once they stopped wearing their retainers. In other cases, adults who have never had braces are…
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Why choose an orthodontic specialist over a general dentist?

December 7th, 2017

Patients have so many choices for straightening their teeth nowadays — clear aligners, ceramic braces, lingual braces, self-ligating braces — but who is best suited to guide them through orthodontic treatment? Well, an orthodontist like Dr. Melanie Parker in San Diego, CA of course! This may seem obvious, but there’s misinformation circulating with regard to…
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If You Love Us, Let Us Know!

November 30th, 2017

Your feedback is very important to us at Melanie Parker Orthodontics. We always want to make sure that our practice is meeting its full potential, so whether you’ve visited Dr. Melanie Parker once or been a loyal patient throughout the years, we encourage you to share your thoughts about your experience with us! You can…
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