Thanksgiving

November 22nd, 2023

At Westfield Braces, we love to celebrate the holidays with vigor! Dr. Thomas Burns would love to share some unique ways of celebrating Thanksgiving from beyond the Westfield, NJ area to the national level! When Americans sit down to dinner on the last Thursday of November, the day that Abraham Lincoln designated as the day…
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Teens and Gum Disease

October 11th, 2023

You have a lot going on. School. Sports. Activities. Family. Friends. Teens lead busy lives and have busy schedules, so you need to budget your time and energy. One thing you don’t want to spend any of your time and energy on? Dealing with gum disease. Gum disease most often begins as a reaction to…
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Halloween Guidelines from the American Association of Orthodontists

October 4th, 2023

Fall can be a really enjoyable time of the year for you and your family. The kids are back in school, the leaves are changing, and Halloween approaches. This holiday is a lot of fun for kids, but Westfield Braces wants to remind you it can also be risky, especially for your child’s braces. If…
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Overbite or Overjet?

September 27th, 2023

The words “overbite” and “overjet” certainly sound similar. Both conditions concern your front teeth. Both conditions fall under the same category of bite problems—Class II malocclusions, if you want to be technical. So it’s not surprising that they’re often used interchangeably. But while there are similarities, overbite and overjet are also distinctly different. Overbite/Overjet Geometry…
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