Can Pacifiers and Thumb Sucking Affect My Child’s Teeth? In short, yes. While thumb sucking or pacifier use is one of an infant’s natural reflexes, prolonged sucking can exert force on the teeth and jaws. If your child sucks a thumb, finger, pacifier, or lips, their teeth or jaw growth may be affected (some bone…
Hello Patients, Families, and Friends of Kaplin Orthodontics, This is a quick catch-up letter and an invitation. The Invitation. Whether in a consultation, or on the phone, or by email, the last four months has truly startled me with the fear and desperation that is present in a large portion of the families in our…
Hello Friends of Kaplin Orthodontics. We know that these are trying times especially for parents who are wrestling with fear and uncertainty surrounding sending their children to school or having the additional responsibility of home school their children. We want to support you the best we can and have decided to sponsor a forum where…
Information, Forms, and Links The Enhancements made to our offices: https://www.kaplinortho.com/2020/05/17/kaplin-orthodontics-enhanced-procedures/ The Informed Consent Sheet that all must eventually sign: https://www.kaplinortho.com/2020/05/17/informed-consent-covid-kaplin-orthodontics/ The New Arrival Protocol : https://www.kaplinortho.com/2020/05/17/kaplin-orthodontics-arrival-protocol/ The Link to the Entrance Package Questionnaire: https://form.jotform.com/Kaplinortho1/NewVisitForm The Form to use if your appointment will not work for you: https://form.jotform.com/Kaplinortho1/alternative-appointment-request Thank you again, and in advance, for…
Thank you everyone who stopped by our booths during the Mane Event and National Night Out. We had a blast! These community events are part of our lives and our practice now. We enjoyed seeing familiar and new faces. Thank you to locals and everyone else who joined the events. Thank you to Arlington Heights…
Why summer? Because … ice cream. Ice cream will soothe your mouth and keep cool at the same time. It can be frozen yogurt if you want. Because you need time to adjust and don’t want to think about braces while solving a math problem in class or at home. Because you don’t want to…
Another Great Summer Here In Arlington Heights It’s been 6 years since we started attending the summer events: National Night Out and Mane Event both happening in the same week, usually the first week of August. Both events we are honored to attend where we truly feel part of the Arlington Heights community. We like…
At Kaplin Orthodontics we are trying to keep up with our younger crowd and decided to join Snap Chat. Tell us what kind of snaps do you think would be appropriate to publish on our account? By the way our username is kaplinortho. If you are curious to see some random smiles or snaps look…
