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Advanced Family Dental: Segrist Jay DDS
1801 Mount Rushmore Road
Rapid City, SD 57701
James S Nelson Family Dentistry: Lindenmeyer Jon J DDS
1611 Sheridan Lake Road
Rapid City, SD 57702
Pine Peaks Dental
717 Meade Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
David A Rempel PC
717 Meade Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Pine Peaks Dental: Schaack Jon DDS
717 Meade Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Pine Peaks Dental: Unkenholz Eric DDS
717 Meade Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Pine Peaks Dental: Schaack Tara T DDS
717 Meade Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Evans Orthodontics: Evans James A DDS
600 Dakota Drive
Rapid City, SD 57702
Community Health Center of the Black Hills
10 Van Buren Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
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. ... .
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 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 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. ... .