The Orthodontic Dictionary

"what's that" and "what does that mean" are words we hear alot of from patients and parents in the dental clinic. Here ...

Almost 2 years to the day I finally got my braces taken off. I am here today to fill you in about my experience with braces. So if you are thinking about getting braces or just curious about them this blog should answer your questions.

As you can tell from my before picture my teeth were overcrowded so the first thing ...

Winter is coming. Arm yourself, arm yourself with knowledge. I came up with this coat of arms and motto in the style of a well known TV series to sum up the Swords Ortho approach - wisdom and smiles.

View From Above – North Atlantic and New York

So it’s time for the biggest orthodontics conference on earth – the American Association of Orthodontists annual meeting, AAO 2014. This year it’s in New Orleans and since I can’t get a direct flight there, I am headed via New York and there was a great view out of the ...

Orthodontists seem to enjoy getting to the top of high buildings. After my Invisalign conference in London where we ended up at the top of a tower looking down at the Houses of Parliament and the Tate Gallery, I was surprised to find that a couple of weeks later a different group of Irish Orthodontists were up at the top ...

As part of a commitment to continuing professional development, Dr Stephen Murray was in London recently for a couple of courses.

As part of a commitment to continuing professional development, Dr Stephen Murray was in London recently for a couple of courses.

Invisible braces in Swords

Working in a busy orthodontics practice, I find that there are plenty of people who would like a great smile and like their teeth to be straight, but many of them don't want to wear braces -particularly grown-ups with jobs that involve dealing with people. The ...

Oh, the weather outside is frightful...

Movember is nearly over, my Mo has one more day to go!

Well, I might extend it a little as I am away at the biennial Netherlands meeting on surgical orthodontics - the BSSO. This is an area of orthodontics that connects with oral and facial surgery to treat some of the more extreme problems with teeth and jaws, usually in ...

Movember Day 17

Well I don't have  a Movember photo of my own progress, but  as promised, another Mo-bro that women go mad for - I never understood it, but given that even Winona Ryder was impressed with him at one stage, I really should look into it. Anyway, here's Johnny Depp. A friend of mine from my worked as a ...

Just a short blog today. I had a patient in yesterday evening (Swords Orthodontics opens late night on Mondays) from Donabate who arrived about an hour early for their appointment, but as luck would have it, all the patients ahead of her turned up on time and I wasn't able to call her in any earlier than her scheduled appointment.

I acknowledged ...