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Hekmat Kamyar DDS
1127 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Jamie Elizabeth Sands, DDS
12840 Riverside Drive
Los Angeles, CA 91607
Dr. Anthony M. Nguyen, DDS
14445 Olive View Drive
Los Angeles, CA 91342
Yaara Berdan, D.D.S.
5525 Etiwanda Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 91356
Dr. Kishore Shah, DDS
21001 Sherman Way
Los Angeles, CA 91303
Steve Bolur, D.D.S.
17200 Ventura Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 91316
San Fernando Valley Dental
19231 Victory Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 91335
Beverly Hills Braces: Sid Molayem, DDS
16101 Ventura Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 91436
Jeffrey T. Miller, DDS
8704 West Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035
LA Implants by Frank Laaly DDS
528 Amalia Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90022
Who doesn't want to have a beautiful and glamorous smile? Unfortunately, it is not possible when our teeth are yellow and have coffee, tea or cigarettes stains. Few people can afford expensive and professional in-office whitening treatment. Fortunately, you can achieve similar effect by using cheap home remedies. ... .
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, ... .
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 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 ... .
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. ... .