LIFE."
A BEAUTIFUL SMILE IS SOMETHING
THAT MANY OF US ASPIRE TO HAVE.
I FEEL THE NEED TO SMILE.
AND WHAT IF THERE WAS A LITTLE
SOMETHING THAT YOU YOU WANTED TO
FIX?
MAYBE CLEAR BRACES?
>> JOINING US NOW TO TELL US
ABOUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS YOU
CAN DO, ALL KINDS OF ORTHODONTIC
TREATMENT, IS A BOARD CERTIFIED
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M GREAT.
TODAY.
>> YOU HAVE MORE THAN TEN YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE DOING THIS.
THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS
PEOPLE CAN STRAIGHTEN THEIR
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> YOU DO A WIDE VARIETY OF
THOSE THINGS?
>> I SURE DO.
TABLE.
BUT THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT
METHODS OUT THERE THESE DAYS
THAT I THINK TRADITIONALLY THERE
WAS JUST STRAIGHT METAL.
SO I'M HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT SOME OF THE MORE COSMETIC
OPTIONS WE'VE GOT TO OFFER.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FIRST,
INVISALINE.
A LOT OF US ARE SAYING, I COULD
USE A LITTLE STRAIGHTENING HERE
AND THERE.
ADULTS?
>> IT IS.
THE THING ABOUT IT, ADULTS LOVE
IT BECAUSE THEY'RE CLEAR.
YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
THE OTHER GREAT THING ABOUT IT
IS IT DOESN'T AFFECT SPEECH.
SO A LOT OF US ADULTS WHEN IN
MEETINGS, WHEN WE'RE
SOCIALIZING, THAT'S WHY IT HAS
BECOME SUCH A POPULAR PRODUCT IN
ADULTS.
SPECIFIC.
SO IT HAS CERTAIN LIMITATIONS,
DEPENDING ON WHAT I NEED TO
ACHIEVE ON THE PATIENT.
SO I ALWAYS RECOMMEND SCREENING
FIRST TO SEE IF YOU ARE A GOOD
CANDIDATE.
IF YOU ARE, I THINK IT WORKS
FANTASTICALLY.
>> I'VE BEEN JOKING THAT I WANT
TO GET ADULT BRACES.
YOU EVEN HAVE GOLD BRACES?
>> WE EVEN HAVE GOLD BRACES.
THEM.
IT'S KIND OF BECOME A THING.
BUT WE'VE GOT GOLD BRACES.
WE HAVE TRADITIONAL METAL
BRACES, WHICH A LOT OF THE
TEEN-AGERS REALLY LOVE BECAUSE
WE'VE GOT THAT COLOR WHEEL AND
IT'S ALMOST LIKE GOING TO A NAIL
COLOR.
EACH MONTH THEY COME IN.
MY TEEN-AGERS, THEY TRY TO MATCH
THEIR FRIENDS OR IT'S HALLOWEEN
THE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CERAMIC
BRACKETS, WHICH ARE LIKE METAL
BRACE, EXCEPT THEY'RE MORE
DISSECRETE.
YEAH.
THERE TO USE.
>> AND I THINK THE OTHER
QUESTION IS WHEN IT -- IS REALLY
THE RIGHT TIME FOR BRACES?
MY SON IS B2B TEN.
I'M HEARING THIS BUZZ WORD
AROUND THE MOM GROUP IS THAT
THERE IS PREBRACES.
THERE IS A LOT OF NINE AND
TEN-YEAR-OLDS WITH BRACES.
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF PREBRACES.
IS THAT A THING?
>> S THAT.
OUR TERM IN OUR WORLD IS PHASE
ONE ENTERTAINMENT.
FIRST OFF, EVERYTHING STAGE IS
DIFFERENT.
SO THERE ARE -- THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS
RECOMMEND CHILDREN BE SCREENED
BY THE AGE OF SEVEN BY AN
ORTHODONTIST.
THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION.
ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY DON'T NEED
ACTIVE ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT AT
THAT TIME, THERE ARE A HANDFUL
OF THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A CHILD IS A
THUMB SUCKER, WE LIKE TO ADDRESS
THAT 'CAUSE IT CAN AFFECT SPEECH
AND POSITION OF THE TEETH AS
THEY COME OUT.
IF THEY LOSE THEIR TEETH EARLY,
THAT CAN CAUSE IMPACTION AND
LATER WHEN THEY'RE READY FOR A
FULL PHASE OF TREATMENT T CAN
MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED.
SOMETIMES GOING IN EARLY TO DO
AN EARLY, SMALL INTERVENTIONAL
TREATMENT WILL MAKE PHASE TWO
MUCH LESS COMPLICATED, MAYBE
AVOID EXTRACTIONS, POSSIBLY
AVOID SURGICAL INTERVENTION.
SO ALTHOUGH NOT EVERYONE NEEDS
IT, IT IS A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
>> LET'S TALK A BIT ABOUT YOUR
OFFICE BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO AN
THIS.
>> IT DID NOT LOOK LIKE THIS.
>> YOU GAYS HAVE ALL THE LATEST
TECHNOLOGY, 3D SCANNERS.
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE IS ALSO A
CAN --
>> YOU GOT IT.
ORTHO DONE TICKS.
DENTISTRY IS DIFFERENT TODAY.
IT'S ALL ABOUT MAKING PATIENTS
FEEL COMFORTABLE.
IT'S NOT AS SCARY EXPERIENCE,
OFFICE.
I GET THAT MISCONCEPTION THAT WE
ON.
NONE OF THAT'S TRUE.
THERE.
SO WE'LL HAVE KIDS THAT HAVE
LITTLE SIBLINGS THAT NEED TO BE
OCCUPIED.
SO WE'VE GOT GAME ROOMS TO HELP
THEM OUT.
WE'VE GOT TVs AT EACH CHAIR.
REGARDING THE TECHNOLOGY, WE
RECENTLY INVESTED IN THE 3D
SCANNER.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER BEING YOUNGER
AND HAVING TO GET THOSE GOOPY
TRAYS.
NOW WE'VE GOT A 3D SCANNER.
IT TAKES A VIRTUAL MODEL AND
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NOW
INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DO THE
GOOPY MATERIAL OR THE IMPRESSION
MATERIAL.
TO CHOKE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
SO WE'VE TAKEN THAT OUT OF THE
EQUATION.
SO IT'S REALLY THE TECHNOLOGY
THAT'S JUST IMPROVED OVER THE
YEARS HAS MADE IT SO MUCH MORE
COMFORTABLE FOR PATIENTS.
>> AND ALSO I THINK THAT I WAS
JOKING SORT OF, BUT NOT REALLY,
WHEN I SAID I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT
GETTING ADULT BRACES.
I THINK THE FACT THAT PEOPLE
HAVE THESE OTHER OPTIONS TODAY,
INCLUDING -- YOU GUYS HAVE LIKE,
WOW, LOOK AT THESE BEFORE AND
AFTER PHOTOS.
ADULTS.
YOU'D BE SURPRISED.
I THINK MOST OF THE TIME YOU
THINK OH, THE TEEN-AGERS.
NO, WE'VE GOT SOME LITTLE KIDS
THAT ARE SEVEN OR EIGHT.
AND THEN HALF MY PRACTICE ARE
30, 40, 50.
MY OLDEST PATIENT I'VE EVER
TREATED TURNED 80 IN BRACES.
NOT EV INVISALINE.
IN BRACES.
>> WOW.
>> AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT
WHOLISTIC DENTISTRY, WE WORK A
LOT WITH THE DENTIST TO
UNDERSTAND BENEFITS LONG-TERM
FOR ADULTS.
>> IT DOES WONDERS.
A GOOD SMILE DOES WONDERS FOR
YOUR ENERGY.
>> YOU GOT IT.
THE FIRST THING WE THINK OF IS
OH, THE SELF-ESTEEM, WHICH IS
ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT.
THE FIRST THING MANY PEOPLE SEE
IS YOUR SMILE.
SO MEANS A LOT.
CONFIDENCE.
BUT THERE ARE SO MANY HEALTH
BENEFITS DEPENDING ON IT OF THE
WE'VE GOT PATIENTS THAT HAVE
SLEEP APNEA.
WE'RE MANUFACTURING AGRICULTURE
MOVING THE JAWS IS GOING TO HELP
WITH AIRWAYS.
PROBLEMS.
SOMETIMES WE CAN OPEN THEIR BITE
TO HELP RELAX THAT.
WE'VE GOT PATIENTS THAT HAVE
SPEECH ISSUES.
SO SOMETIMES CLOSING THE BITE
AND FIXING IT HELPS THEM WITH
THEIR SPEECH.
SO THERE IS JUST A LARGE ARRAY
OF BENEFITS THAT CAN COME WITH
ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT.
>> DR. TRAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR STOPPING BY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER.
VIEWERS.
THERE IS THE INFO THERE ON YOUR
SCREEN.
PEOPLE CAN GET 500 BUCKS OFF.&
>> YOU GOT IT.
>> 500 BUCKS OFF THE TOTAL CASE
FEE THAT GOES NOW THROUGH
HALLOWEEN.
THERE IS THE PHONE NUMBER ON
YOUR SCREEN.
THERE IS THE WEB SITE.
PEOPLE HAVE TO BE SURE TO
MENTION "HOUSTON LIFE" TO GET
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND IT IS IN ADDITION TO BREAST
CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, IT IS
MONTH.
SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY I'M
GLAD I'M HERE AND WHY WE'RE
DOING THE PROMOTION THIS MONTH.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
>> THANK YOU GUYS.
>> AND THERE IS MUCH MORE