The ‘Rule of 5’s’, created by Dr. Robert Chavez and his son Dr. Andrew Chase who operate ARCH Orthodontics, is a checklist using lots of 5’s to help young patients care for their teeth during their Orthodontic treatment: 1. There are 5 places to brush: (1) where the teeth meet the gum lines, in toward […]
Phase One orthodontic treatment can be thought of as your child’s foundation for a lifetime of beautiful smiles, and occurs when your child has a mixture of primary and permanent teeth. The goal of Phase One treatment is to help the jaw develop in a way that will accommodate all of the permanent teeth and […]
Orthodontists Dr. Robert Chavez and Dr. Andrew Chase offer their patients OrthoReward points toward prizes for doing good deeds in the community. But it’s not the points that drive most people to help others. One of their patients at ARCH Orthodontics, Griffin Lincoln, a fourth-grader at the Kennedy School in Canton, has been named an […]
Rubber bands, or elastics, can be an integral aspect of orthodontic care, so if your doctor at ARCH Orthodontics has prescribed elastics as a part of your treatment, it’s important to follow the directions fully. Elastics help to align your bite or cause teeth to move in different directions and straighten more quickly. We will […]