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Braces-Friendly Recipe: Breakfast

November 11th, 2026

Kids can be picky eaters. How many times have you seen your child try to hide the peas under a mound of mashed potatoes? At Vaughn Johnson Orthodontics, Dr. Vaughn Johnson and our team understand how hard it can be to get your child to eat the recommended daily allowance of fruits and vegetables. The…
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Falling Into Cold and Flu Season

November 4th, 2026

There are many reasons why people love autumn in Durango, Bayfield, or Pagosa Springs. Crisp air. Jeweled leaf tones. Reuniting with school friends. Fall sports. Halloween and Thanksgiving. But there’s one thing about autumn which never appears on anyone’s favorites list: it’s the start of cold and flu season. If you’ve fallen ill, we have…
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Let’s Make Halloween Treats Less Tricky!

October 28th, 2026

If the scariest part of Halloween in Durango, Bayfield, or Pagosa Springs is trying to figure out which treats are braces-friendly and which treats are braces-frightful, we have a fiendishly simple suggestion to help keep your brackets and wires safe from harm: ghost any treats which are chewy, crunchy, hard, or sticky!It’s no mystery how…
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3D Imaging and Your Oral Health

October 21st, 2026

3D imaging, also known as CBCT (Cone Beam Computerized Tomography), can be an invaluable tool for Dr. Vaughn Johnson to help you to maintain or restore your oral health. Advances in the industry have allowed for more precise and detailed imaging than ever before. CBCT machines work by rotating around a patient to capture both…
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