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Dr. Markus P. Heyder, DDS
3704 North Croatan Highway
Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
Boone Heyder Alison DDS
N Croatan Hwy 3704B
Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
Eastern Carolina Cardiovascular
5136 North Croatan Highway
Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
Dr. Markus P. Heyder, DDS
3704 North Croatan Highway
Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
Dr. Philip F. Bald, DMD
609 West Kitty Hawk Road
Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
Patrick H Morgan Jr PA Office
10 Juniper Trail
Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
Patrick H Morgan Jr PA Office
10 Juniper Trail
Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
Blanchard Scott C DDS
111 Poteskeet Trail
Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
Shannon Barry DDS
344 Sea Oats Trail
Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
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, ... .
Braces are not for everyone. Are there any alternatives to braces? There is a lot of people who don't want to get braces due to emotional, aesthetical or professional reasons. There are also people, who can't get braces because of health problems - e.g. diseases of the immune system exclude the possibility of getting dental braces. ... .
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. ... .
In contrary to the removable dental braces, the fixed ones are put on by an orthodontist for the whole period of the treatment. Nowadays, patients opt for them rather than for the removable braces because the treatment is noticeably shorter and more effective with the fixed braces. ... .
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 ... .