Modern Bite Approaches for All Ages at Get It Straight Orthodontics

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Nitalya B. Williams is the owner and Orthodontist of Get It Straight Orthodontics and Family Dentistry in Tucson. She has been practicing orthodontics for more than 12 years, and serving the Tucson community for over seven years. Orthodontics is the dental specialty which addresses misaligned teeth and jaws, how teeth fit together when biting, as well as identifying and treating early childhood developmental discrepancies in the jaws.

Williams practices a modern approach to aligning the teeth, offering both clear aligner treatments and self-ligating braces. Although traditional braces with “colors” are the tried-and-true treatment that most people are familiar with, self-ligating braces are a more contemporary method providing many benefits. They do not require “o-ties” or the “colors” to hold the wire in position. The self-ligating braces allow the teeth to move faster, reducing total treatment time and decreasing the frequency of orthodontic appointments from every four weeks to every eight. It also allows for a more hygienic environment making it easier to keep the teeth clean. Williams prefers the self-ligating brackets (braces), especially in patients with overcrowded, misaligned teeth, because the system reduces the probability of tooth extraction which would otherwise be required with traditional braces with o-ties.

Another form of treatment Williams offers, clear aligners, have become increasingly popular over the years. “My patients love them because the aligners are virtually invisible, they can be removed while eating whatever food they’d like and my aligner patients can maintain their normal hygiene routine,” she says.

Treatments are successful with great patient compliance, wearing the aligners daily for 20 to 22 hours, changing out to new ones every 10 to 14 days. With so many television and print ads, it may be confusing to know which aligners work best. “It is best to undergo orthodontic care, even with clear aligners, under the constant care of a trained, licensed dental professional, preferably an orthodontist,” implores Williams.

Over 30 percent of Williams’ patients are adults. With so many more treatment options than years ago, adults ranging from 21 up to their 60s and 70s are finding orthodontics an attractive possibility. “Most times patients want straight teeth for the aesthetic result. But many times, orthodontic treatment is for overall health and function,” says Williams. Aligning the teeth can make it easier to keep the teeth and gums healthy and clean, preserving the stability and longevity of the teeth, preventing early tooth loss.

Williams and her team are passionate about providing the best care to her patients throughout their smile transformation journey and making happy, confident lifelong members of the Get It Straight Orthodontics family along the way.

Location: 801 N Wilmot Rd, Ste F2, Tucson. For more information, call 520-745-5051, email TucsonInfo@WeDoBraces.com or visit GetItStraightBraces.com. See ad, page 5.

Social and Emotional Intelligence are Key Asset to Life

Emotions are the outward movement of our psychic energy; they are the feeling part of our thoughts.

Emotional energy is extremely powerful in humans. It can lead us to success or bury us under a mountain of chagrin. Social and emotional intelligence (SEI) is the ability to understand and manage emotions to our benefit. This makes the difference between a peaceful life or one filled with pain and drama.

To engage our SEI abilities, we must use our emotions to make constructive decisions about our behavior. Knowledge about SEI is limited, so it is easy to get overwhelmed and lost in the hectic pace of our daily lives; hence, we lose selfawareness and the ability to act thoughtfully and appropriately. The good news is that SEI can be learned, and results are immediate.

Carla Echavarri, of Colibri Holistic Coaching, helps clients learn to reconnect with their inner wisdom through mindfulness techniques. This process allows the client to actively run their life, instead of letting unchecked emotions run it for them.

For more information, text Carla Echavarri at 720-774-0010 or email ColibriHC1@gmail.com.

You should know what is taken out of the ecosystem in order to give you a moment’s sustenance.

– Sylvia Earle

s the founder and CEO of Senergy360, Brian Johnson is dedicated to creating new standards of modern living by designing and building holistic homes of the future, today. Johnson is a Building Biologist accredited by the Building Biology Institute with over 20 years of experience as a General Contractor. He has a lifelong passion for health, athletic performance and wellness, and is highly accomplished in the top Ironman and Xterra events, making the top 1 percent classification as an All-World Athlete. Today, Johnson is on a mission to provide access (and the know-how) to the proven cutting-edge technologies and systems for building holistic living structures.

In 2020, Johnson built and designed the world’s first Optimized Living Home here in Tucson. It is a model home that applies the best and newest science to create optimized living environments, and it serves as an educational model for other builders to adopt more sustainable solutions for their clients. Tours are available by request. The home features the latest solutions in every aspect of the living environment to support optimal health and living. This one-of-a-kind home is equipped with cuttingedge systems and solutions for circadian lighting, EMF protection, 5G shielding, water purification, air quality and mold-resistant materials. Every aspect of the home was

Now, Johnson and Senergy360 offer consultation, remodeling and home building for holistic living. They bring optimized living solutions and approaches to modern living, creating safe, sustainable living environments. Senergy360’s mission is to educate industry professionals and homeowners on ways to optimize healthy living spaces. They offer many services, including general contracting, consulting methods and specifications for any type of building. They help consult on the design, build,

Senergy360 has a combined total of over 20 years of contractor expertise with proven Building Biology methodologies and wisdom. As a result, they have created a unique, one-of-a-kind method for building state-of-the-art environments for optimal living.

The company is a licensed General Contracting firm currently licensed and building in Arizona and California. No project is too big or too small. Senergy360 is using the latest technologies to build sustainably green and safe homes, retreats, wellness centers, offices, tiny homes and modular building structures. They are also open to working and collaborating with any open-minded architects and engineers, as well as offering these services with partnership Designers and Architects upon request.

Methods and techniques used include mold-free building, EMF-free building, sustainably green building techniques and more. They identify potential environmental stressors to find solutions to address any pre-existing conditions, such as: mold, chemical exposures, drainage issues, stagnate water, VOC outgassing materials, identifying unsafe building materials and more.

For more information, call 951-634-3588, email Brian@Senergy360.com or visit Senergy360.com. See ads, pages 7 and 39.