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Bakersfield Dental Group and Orthodontics
5120 Stockdale Highway
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Dr. Charles C. Hwang, DDS
11106 Cactus Valley Drive
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Southwest Family Dentistry
1601 Mill Rock Way
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Southwest Family Dentistry: Ezzat Angela DDS
1601 Mill Rock Way
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Southwest Family Dentistry: Liu Jeffrey C DDS
1601 Mill Rock Way
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Southwest Family Dentistry: Khalil Michael E DDS
1601 Mill Rock Way
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Southwest Family Dentistry: Shannon Michael A DDS
1601 Mill Rock Way
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Southwest Family Dentistry: Pak Mark DDS
1601 Mill Rock Way
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Southwest Family Dentistry: Medina Diana DDS
1601 Mill Rock Way
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Dr. Lynn I. Nilson, DDS
9401 Greenacres Drive
Bakersfield, CA 93312
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 ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .
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, ... .