The origins of Invisalign®
At Dr. Mariana Sacoto Navia's Invisalign® Clinic, we've been using Invisalign® since 2002. Zia Chishti and Kelsey Wirth, two students at Stanford University, based on Kesling's principles, devised the idea of progressively moving teeth slightly using a series of removable polyurethane aligners, aided by computer technology. In August, they received […]
Did you know that tooth enamel is only as hard as diamond?
Contrary to popular belief, teeth are not made of bone. In other words, teeth are not bones, but rather are made up of various mineralized tissues, one of which is tooth enamel. Specifically, it is a tissue made up of hydroxyapatite and proteins (in very small proportions). The most curious thing, and perhaps the most […]
