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Los Angeles Orthodontist -The Importance of Finding an Invisalign Elite Provider

May 30, 2013 by seo

Los Angeles, CA – Invisalign invisible braces have a 96% client satisfaction rate – and more than 1 million patients have been treated with Invisalign braces in North America, reveals Los Angeles Orthodontist Dr. David Alpan. Invisalign aligners are individually created for each patient. Invisalign employs a series of aligners that will be switched every … Read more

Are You Playing It Safe With Your Teeth?

October 25, 2012 by seo

Dr. David Alpan, who provides orthodontics for children and adults, is reminding patients about the importance of wearing a mouth guard when participating in sports and tells them about a new type of mouth guard on the market.

Invisalign Teen Still Popular Option At Aesthetic Orthodontics After Four Years

July 15, 2012 by seo

Dr. David Alpan, a Los Angeles Orthodontist provider, has been offering Invisalign Teen since it came out on the market four years ago, and it continues to be a popular option at his practices in Nevada and California.

How Can An Oral Piercing Affect Your Teeth?

February 15, 2012 by seo

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA—People get an oral piercing as a conscious decision to change their aesthetics, but many of them are unconscious of how that decision could change their aesthetics in addition to the new jewelry.

“Oral piercings can greatly affect oral and orthodontic health,” says Dr. David Alpan, a Los Angeles orthodontic specialist.

Tongue piercings and some other types of oral piercings typically interfere with speech, chewing or swallowing at least temporarily, which are inconveniences the person often is aware of. But many side effects of piercings can be serious and long-term or permanent problems that require expensive treatment or repair.

Faster Results, Less Discomfort, Discrete Options With Damon Braces

July 15, 2026December 19, 2011 by seo

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -These days people of all ages are getting braces in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors.
At Aesthetic Orthodontics, many of them are choosing an option that treats faster and with less discomfort, according to Dr. David Alpan, a Los Angeles invisible braces provider.

That non-traditional option is the Damon System. These braces are a popular option because unlike braces that use elastic ties to keep archwires in place on the bracket, Damon uses a self-ligating bracket that does not require them.
“The system employs a slide apparatus which permits the archwire to be adjusted freely, allowing teeth to shift into position faster with fewer changes,” says Dr. Alpan, an orthodontist in practice since 1996.

Regular braces, including metal braces, gold braces, lingual braces, hidden braces or invisible custom-made Incognito Braces, require elastics that act like bungee cords, causing friction and pressure that makes treatment slower and often causes soreness, discomfort and pain. Because the Damon System self-ligating braces do not need elastic ties the brackets themselves are smaller, which causes less irritation to the lips, tongue and cheeks.

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