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Dr. Gary Komenaka, DMD
249 N McDowell Blvd
Petaluma, CA 94954
Marina Dental of Petaluma
765 Baywood Drive
Petaluma, CA 94954
Dr. Michael W. Jones, DDS/Park Place Dental
1476 Professional Drive
Petaluma, CA 94954
Louis H. Himmelstein D.D.S.
135 Keller St
Petaluma, CA 94952
Dr. John S. Woo, DDS
301 Washington Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
Complete Family Dental Care: Delgado Flor Maria DDS
8 West El Rose Drive
Petaluma, CA 94952
Dr Oscar Ventanilla
1580 East Washington Street
Petaluma, CA 94954
Dr. George E. Bunnell Jr, DDS
9 West El Rose Drive
Petaluma, CA 94952
Wyatt Cherylin H DDS
1301 Southpoint Blvd
Petaluma, CA 94954
Petaluma Dental Group
1301 Southpoint Blvd
Petaluma, CA 94954
Malocclusion means all kinds of possible deviations from ideal occlusion. It manifests itself with a misalignment of the teeth in the dental arch, delayed teething, having supernumerary or missing teeth as well as having teeth of abnormal size or shape. Malocclusion does not only affect your appearance, but also has an impact on the oral cavity functions. In effect, you might suffer from breathing, chewing, swallowing or even speech disorders. Overbite, underbite and crossbite are the most ... .
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. ... .
Every kind of malocclusion in a child can have very serious consequences. This is why we should begin the treatment right after we notice first symptoms of any type of bad bite. ... .
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, ... .
Beautiful, white and ideally aligned teeth are the beauty ideal. In order to enjoy it, it is not enough to just pay attention to the oral hygiene. It is necessary to prevent and treat malocclusions. ... .