AMANDA GRIFFIN, WOODSTOCK, GEORGIA: Hello, my name is Amanda Griffin. I am from Woodstock, Georgia. And my question is: How do braces straighten your teeth?</s>DR. MELISA RATHBURN, ORTHODONTIST: As you all know, there are many specialized cells of the body and this is a very important part when we come to moving teeth with braces. The way that we move people's braces is to cause some bone remodeling. When we use braces, we often put pressure on the teeth. We put pressure on one side of the tooth but we also pull the tooth from another area. When we put pressure on the teeth, it causes the stimulation of certain bone cells to come to that area to remodel or eat the bone on that side. On the
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