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Go Easy Dental
619 East Chapel Street
Santa Maria, CA 93454
Dr. Carolyn R. Baldiviez
111 East Park Avenue
Santa Maria, CA 93454
Park Avenue Smiles
111 East Park Avenue
Santa Maria, CA 93454
Sherman Benjamin K DDS
300 Stratford Avenue
Santa Maria, CA 93454
Stroud James R DDS
1103 East Clark Avenue
Santa Maria, CA 93455
Hamlet DDS-Friendly Smiles Dental Group
1670 South Broadway
Santa Maria, CA 93454
Main Dental Center: Abdallah Al-Harazneh DDS
1038 West Main Street
Santa Maria, CA 93458
Dr. Yu Family Dental
504 East Church Street
Santa Maria, CA 93454
Chapel Family Dentistry: Latham David B DDS
316 East Chapel Street
Santa Maria, CA 93454
Chapel Family Dentistry: Suayan Jose E DDS
316 East Chapel Street
Santa Maria, CA 93454
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 ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .
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, ... .
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. ... .