Interestingly enough, my masters research also uses a vibrating device similar to the one in this article for pain reduction. Double benefit it seems!

The concept behind this product lies in its ability to bring more blood flow, and therefore, more healing factors to the area for less pain and possibly faster tissue healing so that teeth can move faster.


You can find the article by clinking the link above, it takes you to CNET.

Want to keep your enamel? Please stay away from that sour candy!

Your mouth likes to sit at about a pH of 7.2-7.4. When you eat, this pH goes down to become slightly more acidic and then the saliva in your mouth re-establishes it back to its usual. Sour candy has such a low pH that it has a tendency to overcome our mouth's built-in mechanism for protecting your teeth from acidic erosion and leaves them susceptible to both the acid in the candy and other foods you eat, as well as bacteria in your mouth that are looking for an opportunity to take advantage of weaker tooth structure. Check out Northwest Dentistry for their research article.

Braces are an artform, look at what can be done!