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Dr. Athena M. Bettger, DMD
600 NE 8th Dental Clinic
Gresham, OR 97030
Gresham Pediatric Dentistry: Lee Elizabeth J DMD
831 Northwest Council Drive
Gresham, OR 97030
Aranda Gabriela DDS
2150 Northeast Division Street
Gresham, OR 97030
Pediatric Associates-Gresham: Frick John H DDS
2150 Northeast Division Street
Gresham, OR 97030
Gresham Orthodontics
2150 Northeast Division Street
Gresham, OR 97030
Gresham Pediatric Dentistry
2150 Northeast Division Street
Gresham, OR 97030
Howard Gail
490 East Powell Boulevard
Gresham, OR 97030
Gresham Dental Excellence: Cooke Gary S DDS
490 East Powell Boulevard
Gresham, OR 97030
Gresham Dental Excellence
490 East Powell Boulevard
Gresham, OR 97030
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. ... .
Removable braces are usually used to treat not serious malocclusions in children who still have milk teeth. They also prevent the patients from worsening of the developing or already existing malocclusions. The greatest advantage of the removable braces is their low price. In comparison to fixed braces, the price of removable braces is really insignificant. ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .