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Dr. Christopher Brieden and all the staff at Brieden Orthodontics are committed to providing high quality care for the entire family, serving the New Baltimore and St. Clair, MI areas. As your orthodontic expert, we specialize in patients of all ages—from early treatment, to adolescent treatment, to adult treatment.

Fluoride is a mineral that is naturally present to some degree in both fresh and salt water sources. Its major dental benefit is that it is readily incorporated into the teeth's mineral structure, thereby making them stronger and more decay-resistant.

While you are wearing braces, please avoid eating hard foods, sticky foods and foods high in sugar. Hard foods can break or damage the wires and brackets, and sticky foods can get caught between the wires and brackets.

Thank you for your continued trust in our practice. As with the transmission of a communicable disease like a cold or the flu, you may be exposed to COVID-19 also known as “Coronavirus”, at any time or in any place.

The holiday season is the best time for sweets and treats. Unfortunately, these can be a little harsh on our teeth, especially for patients with braces or clear aligners. At Brieden Orthodontics in New Baltimore and St. Clair, MI, we want to make sure your orthodontic treatment plan works and straightens your teeth appropriately. To do so, we want to ensure you are practicing good orthodontic care, especially during the holidays. The last thing you want to do is come into the orthodontist’s office on your holiday.

At Brieden Orthodontics, our goal is to help patients achieve straight and healthy smiles. We accomplish this by offering a wide variety of efficient orthodontics that include braces and Invisalign. Our team is dedicated to compassionate orthodontic care that extends not only during the orthodontic process, but after it as well. In fact, just because your braces are removed or Invisalign treatment has been completed, it doesn’t mean that there’s no more work left that needs to be done.

Orthodontists are well-known for creating the smile that you take pride in today. Less commonly known, however, is that early orthodontic treatment is not only recommended, but it can be critical to your child’s oral development.

At Brieden Orthodontics, we believe everyone deserves a healthy, beautiful smile, and we're proud to help patients of all ages in the New Baltimore & East China area achieve one through high-quality orthodontic treatment. Our practice places a focus on convenient, customized treatment to fit into any lifestyle. If you've been considering a new smile but are nervous about having highly visible metal braces, lingual braces may be the perfect option for discrete orthodontic care.