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Dr S. Brian Liu DDS, MS
2345 Yale Street
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Dr. A Heidari, D.D.S.
517 Byron Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Christian K. Lee DDS, MS
734 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Nabeta Scott I DDS
2421 Park Boulevard
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Palo Alto Dental Office: Galina Nasakin DDS
2421 Park Boulevard
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Harada Teru DDS
2421 Park Boulevard
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Earl L Whetstone II, DDS
744 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Mazzetti Constance DDS
2235 Alma Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Dr. Daniel B. Armistead, DDS
2233 Alma Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Zahra Hakim,DDS.inc
435 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto, CA 94301
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 ... .
The pursuit of white smile is commonly associated with the 20th century society. However, people have been striving for white teeth since hundreds of years. ... .
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 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. ... .
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 ... .