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Emergency Tooth Doctor-East: Pham Thomas DDS
12596 Southeast 126th Avenue
Portland, OR 97233
Gateway Dental: Sedivy Josef DDS
10305 Northeast Halsey Street
Portland, OR 97220
Robert B. Brant, D.M.D.
5553 Northeast Glisan Street
Portland, OR 97213
Brant George a DDS
5553 Northeast Glisan Street
Portland, OR 97213
Lombard Dental Associates
3506 North Lombard Street
Portland, OR 97217
Dr. Bradley R. Hagedorn, DMD
973 Northwest Saltzman Road
Portland, OR 97229
Bridgetown Dental
8907 North Lombard Street
Portland, OR 97203
Park Rose Dental Studio: Dustin Nathan G DDS
5071 Northeast 122nd Avenue
Portland, OR 97230
Columbia River Dentistry
5071 Northeast 122nd Avenue
Portland, OR 97230
Freedman Howard DDS
17130 Southwest Upper Boones Ferry Road
Portland, OR 97224
The pursuit of white smile is commonly associated with the 20th century society. However, people have been striving for white teeth since hundreds of years. ... .
Braces are not for everyone. Are there any alternatives to braces? There is a lot of people who don't want to get braces due to emotional, aesthetical or professional reasons. There are also people, who can't get braces because of health problems - e.g. diseases of the immune system exclude the possibility of getting dental braces. ... .
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 ... .
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. ... .