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Miles D. Gorenkoff, DMD
13075 Sound Avenue
Mattituck, NY 11952
Dr. Francis A. Kestler, DDS
10200 Main Road
Mattituck, NY 11952
Redmond Peter DDS
7555 Main Road
Mattituck, NY 11952
Boukas Alex DDS
14695 Main Road
Mattituck, NY 11952
East End Dental: Sawicki John DDS
11165 Main Road
Mattituck, NY 11952
Maddalena Gregory E DDS
11535 Main Road
Mattituck, NY 11952
Dr. Jordan Seider, DDS
11535 Main Road
Mattituck, NY 11952
Kestler Frank A
11535 Main Road
Mattituck, NY 11952
Centonze Philip J DDS
5700 Route 48
Mattituck, NY 11952
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. ... .
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 ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .
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, ... .