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South Hills Dental Office: Damratoski Daniel J DDS
3273 West Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15216
Southside Dental Pavillion
1408 East Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Spatz William DMD
2017 Murray Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Squirrel Hill Health Center
4516 Browns Hill Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Stephanie Myles, DMD
715 North Highland Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Stoffer Warren M DDS
2585 Washington Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15241
Strinkoski Daniel J DDS
942 Western Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15233
Stypula Michael C DDS
2555 Washington Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15241
Sullivan Kevin DDS
6011 Baptist Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15236
Sullivan Kevin V DDS
1200 Old Freeport Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
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 ... .
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. ... .
A treatment has to be conducted whenever a malocclusion is diagnosed. Otherwise, it may cause face deformation or have many undesirable health consequences. ... .
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 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 ... .