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Dr. Laura B. Davis, DMD
1303 Drive Martin L King Jr Avenue
Mobile, AL 36603
Johnson Samuel L DDS
740 Hillcrest Road
Mobile, AL 36695
Mobile Prosthetic Dentistry
4216 Aurelia Street
Mobile, AL 36609
Mobile Prosthetic Dentistry: Crawford II Taylor Lee DDS
4216 Aurelia Street
Mobile, AL 36609
Arata Vincent P DDS
4900 Moffett Road
Mobile, AL 36618
Franklin Primary Health Center: Dickerson Mary DDS
1303 Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Avenue
Mobile, AL 36603
Dr. Jillian K. Andrews, DMD
1303 Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Avenue
Mobile, AL 36603
Sullivan Deanna
1501 South University Boulevard
Mobile, AL 36609
Jordan Alice
1360 Springhill Avenue
Mobile, AL 36604
Mc Million Arthur J DDS
1360 Springhill Avenue
Mobile, AL 36604
Braces can make your life difficult in many various ways. Before the treatment, the patients usually have concerns about their future life with a foreign object in their mouth. The braces, however, do not prevent you from having a normal life. Nonetheless, during the treatment, you should follow all medical advices of your doctor, especially those concerning oral hygiene. ... .
Can everyone wear braces? Unfortunately, some patients cannot. Why? Everyone would like to have white, healthy and straight teeth. Majority of us, when able to afford it, can straighten their teeth and eventually overcome complexes, which might have been disturbing us since our childhood. Straight teeth are important not only from the aesthetical point of view: malocclusions may cause a lot of diseases such as mobility or drifting of teeth, periodontal diseases or temporomandibular joint diseases. Moreover, ... .
In order to maintain the effects of the orthodontic treatment, we have to undergo the retention phase, which will prevent possible return of malocclusion. What is the retention phase and how long does it take? During the orthodontic treatment our teeth change their position. The braces force the teeth to move from places where they have stayed during our whole life. Unfortunately, usually the braces are not enough to hold the teeth in the desired position for ... .
We usually associate the braces with children. Nowadays, however, more and more adults also become patients in the orthodontic offices. Fashion is not only about clothing, good cosmetics, complexion and hairstyle. White and healthy teeth are also trendy. When should an adult contact and orthodontist? ... .
Malocclusion means all dysfunctions of the tooth form and the incorrect relation between the teeth. There are genetic factors which condition the occurrence of malocclusion, nonetheless, it is most often an effect of bad habits in childhood. ... .