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Bluff Park Dental
2161 Clearbrook Rd
Hoover, AL 35226
Dr. James L. Sanderson, Jr. D.M.D.
1633 Montgomery Highway
Hoover, AL 35216
Miller H Keith DMD
2200 Valleydale Road
Hoover, AL 35244
Dr Downs Pediatric Dentistry
1957 Hoover Court
Hoover, AL 35226
Deep & Daughtry PC: Payne Emily DDS
4501 Southlake Parkway
Hoover, AL 35244
Deep & Daughtry PC: Hill Kelli E DDS
4501 Southlake Parkway
Hoover, AL 35244
Lake Crest Family Dentistry
2321 John Hawkins Parkway
Hoover, AL 35244
Michael F. McCarthy, DMD
3825 Lorna Road
Hoover, AL 35244
Galleria Dental
2801 John Hawkins Parkway
Hoover, AL 35244
PT Orthodontics - Hoover
2034 Patton Chapel Road
Hoover, AL 35216
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 ... .
Beautiful smile, as well as healthy and straight teeth, are very often an effect of a long-term and expensive treatment. Modern orthodontics offers a great variety of different malocclusion treatments. Unfortunately, we have to pay for some of them. ... .
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 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. ... .
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? ... .