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At Kubo Orthodontic Group, we are pleased to offer our patients Damon Smile braces, which allow your teeth to move more comfortably and easily than traditional braces. Thanks to this innovative system, achieving your perfect smile will be faster and easier than you ever thought possible! Here's how:

Better Results in Less Time

With Damon Smile, Dr. Robert Kubo and Dr. James Kubo and our team can achieve great results and finish your treatment faster. Depending on your case, of course, this may mean a savings of many months. After reviewing your specific needs, we will be able to provide you with a treatment plan.

Simplified Procedures

Damon braces are very precise and effective. In fact, with this system, Dr. Robert Kubo and Dr. James Kubo and team can reduce the need for many of the time-consuming and complicated procedures that are used with traditional braces.

Fewer Visits to Kubo Orthodontic Group

Because Damon braces work more efficiently, fewer adjustments at our Fresno, CA office are needed. The result? Your adjustment appointments will be quicker and fewer in number.

Greater Comfort

Due to the unique design of this new braces system, we can move your teeth into their correct position with much less discomfort than is experienced with traditional braces. Also, Damon braces are small, comfortable, and easy to keep clean.

If you have been thinking about straightening your smile, visit us at Kubo Orthodontic Group for an assessment to see if Damon Smile is right for you! Give us a call today at our convenient Fresno, CA office!

Do you remember our Kubo Orthodontic Group Storybook Drive back in November?

Caitlin Stahl was the winner of the Target gift card and came in to claim her prize this week!

Congratulations Caitlin! And thank you to everyone that donated!

Great question! Tooth movement is your body’s natural response to light pressure applied by braces over a period of time (usually two years). Braces work by using brackets that are glued onto your teeth; these brackets have small slots, and that is where Dr. Robert Kubo and Dr. James Kubo and our team insert orthodontic wires. These wires are held in place by small elastic ties that fit around the brackets. As time passes during your treatment, these wires apply pressure on your teeth, which sets in motion the movement of your teeth into their desired positions. Each of your teeth has a different size and shape to them, as do the brackets. Each bracket is custom-made for the particular tooth on which it’s supposed to fit.

Not long ago, orthodontists had stainless steel wires and that was about it. Today, however, we have a number of different high-tech wires at our disposal to move your teeth faster and more comfortably.

When you first get your braces on, the first wire or two will typically be very flexible, but still strong enough to apply a constant force on your teeth. As your teeth straighten out over time, however, Dr. Robert Kubo and Dr. James Kubo will use progressively thicker and firmer wires to help move your teeth in place for an ideal bite.

Every time you visit our office for an adjustment, we will swap out the wires in order to keep putting pressure on your teeth, which is why it’s so important for you to keep your adjustment visits during your treatment. Most adjustment appointments are scheduled four to eight weeks apart to give your teeth time to move.

As for rubber bands and elastics, most of our patients will need to wear elastics or rubber bands at some point during their treatments. These elastics typically go from one or more of the upper braces to one or more of the lower braces, and pull on your teeth to move them in the direction they need to move in order to achieve an optimal bite.

If you have any questions about wires, brackets, or elastics, or have any general questions about your treatment, please give us a call at our Fresno, CA office.

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Each weekday between now and February 11th we will be posting a famous romantic quote from a movie on Facebook and Instagram. (Keep in mind it can be from any type of movie, not just romantic!) The first person to answer correctly on Facebook and the first person to answer correctly on Instagram will be entered into the drawing.

If you share the quote from our page onto your page you will get an extra entry!

Be sure to check in each day!

The winner will be chosen Wednesday, February 12th!