Everybody’s Brushing with Dr. Montano!

We at Montano Orthodontics found a fun video on brushing your teeth. Take a look below and tell us what you think!



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How To Stay Young & Healthy from Dr. Montano

Whether you’re 5 or 50, your health depends on your awareness of what’s good for you. But in a world filled with fad diets, blaring advertisements, and unintelligible ingredient lists, we at Montano Orthodontics know it can be difficult to determine exactly what is good for you – and what’s not.

For straightforward guidance on how to live a long, healthy life, we recommend Brush Your Teeth! And Other Simple Ways to Stay Young and Healthy by Dr. David Ostreicher. The book sums up good health in six fundamental principles: hygiene, diet, attitude, exercise, sleep and personal safety.

Drawing on nearly three decades of experience as an orthodontist and professor of health and nutrition, Dr. Ostreicher definitively answers age-old debates, like the best way to prevent colds and flu (your mom was right: wash your hands). He provides straight talk on a variety of diet choices including salt, fats, carbs and organic food, and he documents the importance of regular sleep, stress reduction and positive thinking to your overall health. His suggestions throughout are simple, clear, and inexpensive.

Dr. Ostreicher advocates a back-to-basics, common-sense approach to staying young and healthy. We at Montano Orthodontics couldn’t agree more, and we’d like to repeat the title of his book as our favorite piece of advice: don’t forget to Brush Your Teeth!

Bottled Water May Be Behind Tooth Troubles, Dr. Montano explains

We at Montano Orthodontics want you to know that as more families turn to bottled water and away from the tap, they may be missing out on one important ingredient that most brands of bottled water fail to include: fluoride!

As of 2005, bottled water is second only to soft drinks as the most popular drink in the United States, beating out milk, juice, and – more significantly – tap water. Between 2001 and 2006, the amount of bottled water sold in the U.S. rose an average of 10% per year. And many dental health specialists point to bottled water’s increased popularity as the culprit behind rising rates of cavities.

Because fluoride helps strengthen teeth, it is an important component of maintaining good oral health. The benefits of fluoride were noticed in the early part of the twentieth century, when researchers found communities with low levels of tooth decay. It turned out that these towns had measurable levels (around 1 part per million) of fluoride in their drinking water.

Beginning in the 1940s, communities have fluoridated their water supplies, and dentists have seen a significant decline in cavities ever since. The American Dental Association endorses both community water fluoridation and the use of fluoride-containing products as a safe means of preventing tooth decay. Between tap water and toothpaste, most of us get sufficient amounts of fluoride.

But if your family avoids fluoridated tap water in favor of ever-more-popular bottled water, you could be missing out on the levels of fluoride necessary to make a difference in your oral health.

If bottled water is your water of choice, check the label to make sure that your brand contains fluoride. As of a 2006 decision, the FDA allows bottled water containing .6 to 1.0 milligrams per liter of fluoride to carry a label stating that fluoridated water may reduce the risk of dental cavities or tooth decay. The ADA has backed this decision.

Of course, simply drinking fluoridated water is not a magic ticket to perfect teeth. To keep your choppers in tip-top shape, it’s important to brush and floss daily and avoid sugary sweets, in addition to maintaining your fluoride intake and visiting us at Montano Orthodontics regularly.

More Patient Reviews for Montano Orthodontics

We posted a few patient reviews a few months back about Montano Orthodontics. Since then, we have received many more, and we wanted to share our favorites with you!



All the staff at Montano Orthodontics are so friendly and nice. I have been impressed, too, with the work done to my teeth. It's amazing to me what Montano Orthodontics was able to do with teeth. I will be bring my 12 year old soon too ~ Margaret A.

Skilled and experienced. Very personable and willing to laugh. Explains treatment options in easy-to-understand manner. ~ Linda M.

I like the fact that Dr. Montano always tries to make you smile and feel comfortable about the the process. He has a wonderful personality and puts his patients at ease. He also discusses the plan that he has for you and thoroughly explains the process so that you understand what will be happening. This is what separates him from the rest of the orthodontists. He wants you to understand what is going to take place and his goal that he has in giving his patients the smile that we desire. ~ Renee R.

Dr. Montano is genuinely interested in his patients care, this is evident in the concern he shows to each of his patients (young and not so young)and the response he receives in return. His down to earth, easy to talk to manner combined with his thorough expertise, and follow through makes him number one choice. It's like the advertisement for V8 juice, I hit my head and say ,"I should have gone to Montano first!" ~ Rebecca H.