World’s Best Smiles on World’s Best Beach

When you’re 13, braces are an inconvenience you live with because your parents say, “It’s good for you.” Yes, sort of like broccoli.

“Besides being self-conscious about wearing braces, the last thing you’re thinking in 7^th grade is how great your teeth will look in wedding pictures in Turks & Caicos 20 years later,” smiles Caroline Smith of Stoughton who recently married fellow townie Adam Hurwitz.

Both Caroline and Adam were patients of Dr. Robert Chavez, founder of ARCH Orthodontics. “I still wear the retainer he gave me a few times a week. Pretty nerdy, right?” smiles Caroline who is proud of her meticulously maintained, perfectly aligned teeth. Learning of the marriage of two former patients, Dr. Chavez chuckled, “You could say that ARCH smiles created a bond that wouldn’t be broken.”

“Adam and I were just a couple of metal mouths back then,” laughs Caroline, an advertising copywriter at CVS Health. “Both of us wearing braces at the same time along with other friends, gave us something in common and made us less self-conscious. Also, she laughed at my jokes,” says Adam, a manager at Reliable Respiratory in Norwood. “Our office deals with sleep apnea patients who need to be fitted for CPAP masks so you tend to notice their teeth. You realize how important healthy teeth and a nice smile are no matter your age.”

Recently, Adam’s mother, Beth, who had braces as a teen, decided to do something about newly apparent spaces developing between her teeth. Shortly after returning from Caroline and Adam’s fairy tale wedding, ARCH Orthodontics’ Dr. Andrew Chase delivered Beth’s first set of Invisalign ‘invisible’ braces.  “I want a fairy tale smile, too,” she said. “It’s never too late.”