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Lewis Mary H DDS
328 North Great Neck Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
Little Neck Family Dentistry, Shantala Gowda, DMD
397 Little Neck Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Little Neck Family Dentristy
397 Little Neck Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Lynnette Young DMD
2005 Lynnhaven Parkway
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
Mahanes & Mahanes: Mahanes Alan W DDS
2397 Court Plaza Dr
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
Mahanes Dental Group
2521 North Landing Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
Maniwang Jo Marie DDS
2301 General Booth Boulevard
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
Mary T. Dooley DDS
114 South Witchduck Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Mayo Endodontics
477 Viking Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Mccarty Benjamin S DDS
2100 Lynnhaven Parkway
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
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. ... .
A treatment has to be conducted whenever a malocclusion is diagnosed. Otherwise, it may cause face deformation or have many undesirable health consequences. ... .
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 ... .
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 ... .
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, ... .