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Atienza & Chebuske: Chebuske Alan J DDS
110 Auburn Street
Portland, ME 04103
Auclair Paul MD
22 Bramhall Street
Portland, ME 04102
Baker Orthodontics
1585 SW Marlow Ave
Portland, OR 97225
Baker Orthodontics: Baker David M DDS
1585 SW Marlow Ave
Portland, OR 97225
Banta Thomas M DDS
1413 W Votaw St
Portland, IN 47371
Bao V. Pham DMD PC
1585 SW Marlow Ave
Portland, OR 97225
Barrett Thomas DMD MS PC
9370 Southwest Greenburg Road
Portland, OR 97223
Bart W. Ekren, DDS, PC
9370 Southwest Greenburg Road
Portland, OR 97223
Bellanti Jeffrey A DDS
1036 Brighton Avenue
Portland, ME 04102
Belmont Family Dentistry
5935 Southeast Belmont Street
Portland, OR 97215
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, ... .
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. ... .
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 ... .
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. ... .