My Experience With The DNA Appliance

Earlier in this blog I reported that I snored mildly, not loudly, and with no indication of sleep apnea. But since info about the DNA applia...

It has been a very long time since the last posts and I apologize to those who were hoping for more. I also apologize that I haven't set...

In conversations with my dentist, it has become clear that perhaps the biggest problem they have with patients is compliance in how many hou...

As of last writing I had lost the lower retainer and was waiting for a replacement (expensive). The doctor also wanted to modify the upper r...

I got word a couple weeks ago that DNA does not stand for Do Not Adjust. I have investigated this by having a chance to glance at Dr Singh...

 I will pay a high price for losing my lower DNA appliance, just as the dentist warned. It's going to cost me $750. Hopefully my mistake...

The dentist warned me early on to be careful not to lose or damage my DNA appliances because they are "very expensive" to replace....

So here we are seven months since the first appliance arrived, and two months since the last update, when the lower appliance arrived. Pro...

If there are confusing and contradictory things in this blog, it is only because they are confusing and contradictory in life, and I am ju...

For those wanting a closer look at the teeth themselves, here is a new picture. Compare this to the The Fugly Truth posting from December 2...

I think the enlargement of the gaps in the appliance as well as the improvement in the alignment of my upper teeth are quite noticeable I...

10/20/11 I have just made a correction to my January 30, 2011 blog entry. The appliance is NOT called "Do Not Adjust". It is suppo...

Clarifications: As it turns out, I indeed had a wrong impression in the previous blog entry (April 18 2011). We are not permanently finishe...

(Important- Note the correction I added four paragraphs down) Let me preface this by explaining that there are two dentists at the dental ...

In my December 19, 2010 post I reported that the gap between the molars at the C5 position was recorded by my dentist as 32mm. I just made...

First of all, let me mention that if you are new to this blog, or are just skimming, there were a couple questions relating to the expense a...

It has well and truly begun. I received the appliance January 27, 2011 and have by now worn it three nights. DNA Appliance in this instanc...

                                      THE 'Befores' Ugly as hell, I know. And embarrassing to me. But in keeping with the purpose o...

A reader  expressed that it wasn't clear whether I had actually begun treatment yet or not. As of this writing I have only been in prepa...

I am only going to attempt a brief layman's explanation of Epigenetic Orthodontics here, which is simply my limited understanding of it....

November 24, 2010 In preface to stating the purpose of this blog, please allow me to set the stage: I am a 55 year old man as of this writ...