STORY: PARTIAL BRACES

SCRIPT #530 SHOOT: 10/8/03

AIRDATE: Nov. 3, 2003

Daybreak and Midday

DHC Master #18 Timecode: 35:24 More adults are improving their oral

health by straightening their teeth.

Many of them choose partial braces

which cost less and come off quicker.

Dr. Linda Niessen has more on partial

SOVT: 1:36 braces in today’s Dental Health Check.

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BOBBIE JO (VOICE-OVER)

SUPER: Plano :02-07 Instead of years of treatment, Bobbie

Jo Shoemake spends just four months

straightening her teeth. Orthodontic

braces on the top and bottom teeth

relieve minor crowding.

SUPER: Bobbie Jo Shoemake (“I just didn’t like what I saw in the

Orthodontic Patient mirror anymore. Besides overall dental

:17-21 health, it was an aesthetic thing for

me. I just wanted to fine tune and

tweak just a few areas to get that smile

back that I had.”)

CLOSE-UP Bobbie Jo chose clear brackets and

wires on her top teeth and metal

on the bottom.

SHOEMAKE (“People have said I didn’t even notice

that you had them on.”)

TWO-SHOT Orthodontist Dr. Jay Ghosh

of Plano says some adults can be treated in six months or less with partial

braces.

SUPER: Dr. Jay Ghosh (“We started to put braces on just the

Orthodontist :45-50 front six teeth, assuming that their bite is otherwise normal. We started to align the teeth in six months or less. Many of them are out in three or four months.”)

JANA GURLEY Jana Gurley straightened her bottom

six teeth in four months.

SUPER: Jana Gurley 1:04-1:08 (“I was going on a trip to the Bahamas

Orthodontic Patient and I just wanted to get it over with.

And as it turned out we got the braces

off a day before we left on the trip.”)

JANA AND BOBBIE JO Both Jana and Bobbie Jo had

orthodontic braces as teenagers and wore retainers for about a year.

They learned the lesson…

JANA (“Wear your retainer forever.”)

MINOR CROWDING Any time in your life, teeth can

shift causing crowding, especially

the front, bottom teeth.

MORE ORTHO Dental insurance may cover all or

a portion of the cost of adult orthodontic

treatment.

ON CAMERA (STAND-UP CLOSE)

SUPER: Dr.Linda Niessen Partial braces aren’t for everyone.

Baylor College of Dentistry If you have significant bite problems,

1:20-1:25 there is no shortcut.

You will probably need a full set of

braces and it may take as much

as two years of treatment. For

Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas

A&M System, I’m Dr. Linda Niessen

Channel 8 News.