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Hogendobler J Matthew DDS
1729 Wildwood Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
Bek Jeffrey R DDS
1767 Princess Anne Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
Rod M Rogge, DDS
762 Independence Boulevard
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Dr. James W. Meares, DDS
5241 Princess Anne Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Abbey Horwitz DDS & Associates
2142 Great Neck Square
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
Debra Davis A DDS
1020 Independence Boulevard
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
David L. Jones, DDS & Assoc., PC
2236 General Booth Boulevard
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
Harmony Dental Group: Kern Donald F DDS
401 Green Meadows Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Harmony Dental Group
401 Green Meadows Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Smith Smith & Flood: Flood Scott H DDS
4221 Virginia Beach Boulevard
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
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, ... .
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 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 ... .
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. ... .