What is an orthodontic assessment appointment at Vélez & Lozano like?
Sometimes, when family or friends interested in having orthodontic treatment, or potential patients who write to us through our networks, or even at a social event an acquaintance asks us, when we reply that the orthodontic assessment appointments at Vélez & Lozano last approximately one hour, his or her [...]
I have a tooth trapped inside the bone
If you're reading this article, it's because you've been told (either at the dentist or elsewhere) that you have a tooth that is impacted or 'trapped' inside the bone. Or maybe it's because you have a tooth that won't come out and you're weighing up the possibilities that this phenomenon is happening to you. [...]
Raquel Lucas attends SEDO 2023
Our colleague Raquel Lucas, orthodontist in exclusive practice, was last weekend at the 69th edition of the Spanish Society of Orthodontics (SEDO) in Bilbao. From 7 to 10 June, speakers of the stadium of San Mamés included Arturo Vela, Elvira Antolín, Javier Prieto or [...]
Our colleague Raquel gives a talk on 'Orthodontics for families'.
Our colleague Raquel Lucas, from our orthodontic team, took the opportunity offered yesterday by the Severo Ochoa School, in Los Garres, to give a talk during non-school hours for parents and students of the school as part of the 'School for Families' initiative, organised by the AMPA. The talk, which she prepared herself [....]
The most popular treatments at the end of orthodontic treatment
When a patient comes to our dental clinic, it may be due to different reasons, but we can almost always separate them into three main categories: general, which would be those visits for revision, cleaning or, in other words, 'maintenance'; urgency, which are those that come to solve a specific discomfort, which does not always mean that they are for a specific reason, but [...]
The relationship between oral breathing and malocclusions
Where does mouth breathing come from: An evolutionary review Mouth breathing is a very common harmful habit, both in adults and children, and one that generates a long list of repercussions, as we have already discussed in previous blog articles. This is due, above all, to the fact that we are biologically prepared and predisposed to breathe [...]