The advertiser paid a fee to promote this sponsored article and may have influenced or authored the content. This article is sponsored by TDR OrthodonticsHost Tati Amare spoke with Dr. James Fraser DDS, MS at TDR Orthodontics about the benefits of virtual appointments. The office is still open but they have a virtual waiting room. TDR Orthodontics has offices in Novi, Birmingham, Brighton, and Rochester. To schedule your virtual appointment visit, tdrortho.comWatch the video to learn more.

Did you know October is National Orthodontic Health Month? It's time to give your child a bright smile and TDR Orthodontics is here to assist! Host Tati Amare talked to Dr. Christian Groth about why orthodontic health is important. The American Association of Orthodontics suggests seeing kids at age 7 to start making sure teeth and jaws are positioned correctly. If an orthodontist can start working on your child's teeth early, it makes life easier down the road.

DETROIT - Getting braces used to be a teenage rite of passage, and plenty of teens still need braces, but the American Association of Orthodontics recommends that children see an orthodontist starting at age 7. Dr. Christian Groth is an orthodontist with TDR Orthodontics in Birmingham, and he says the earlier visits are important. According to Groth, only about 20 percent of kids who are evaluated need early treatment. But the benefit of early treatment in those kids is significant. Bite problems might be harder to spot, but an overbite, where the upper teeth are too far forward, or an underbite, where the upper teeth come down behind the lower teeth, might be more easily spotted.