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North Charleston Smiles
3188 West Montague Avenue
North Charleston, SC 29418
Dr. James Lesch, DDS
7465 Northside Drive
North Charleston, SC 29420
Dr. Jeffery B. Arrowood, DMD
7465 Northside Drive
North Charleston, SC 29420
Bellebaum Donald E DDS
7455 Cross County Road
North Charleston, SC 29418
Cooper Cosmetic & Family Dentistry
4830 Chateau Avenue
North Charleston, SC 29405
Scott N McClary, DMD, PA
4515 Spruill Avenue
North Charleston, SC 29405
Nirenblatt Orthodontics - North Charleston
2680 Elms Plantation Boulevard
North Charleston, SC 29406
Dr. Bob Calcote
7800 Rivers Avenue
North Charleston, SC 29406
Jeter & Welch: Welch Jr Fred J DDS
7535 Northside Drive
North Charleston, SC 29420
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, ... .
A treatment has to be conducted whenever a malocclusion is diagnosed. Otherwise, it may cause face deformation or have many undesirable health consequences. ... .
Braces can make your life difficult in many various ways. Before the treatment, the patients usually have concerns about their future life with a foreign object in their mouth. The braces, however, do not prevent you from having a normal life. Nonetheless, during the treatment, you should follow all medical advices of your doctor, especially those concerning oral hygiene. ... .
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 ... .
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. ... .