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Owl Dental Ceramics LLC
65 Plymouth Road
South Portland, ME 04106
Palmer & Krause DDS
265 Westbrook Street
South Portland, ME 04106
Dr. James C. Waterhouse, DMD
324 Gannett Drive
South Portland, ME 04106
Spectrum Medical Group: Makrides John C MD
324 Gannett Drive
South Portland, ME 04106
Gentle Dental: Cho Ryan DDS
85 Western Avenue
South Portland, ME 04106
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Associates
20 Long Creek Drive
South Portland, ME 04106
Then Peter R DDS
254 Western Avenue
South Portland, ME 04106
Drs. John Corey and Peter Then
254 Western Avenue
South Portland, ME 04106
John B. Corey, D.M.D.
254 Western Avenue
South Portland, ME 04106
Stegemann & Shuman Orthodontic: Shuman Jerome B DDS
12 Q Street
South Portland, ME 04106
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. ... .
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, ... .
Beautiful smile, as well as healthy and straight teeth, are very often an effect of a long-term and expensive treatment. Modern orthodontics offers a great variety of different malocclusion treatments. Unfortunately, we have to pay for some of them. ... .
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. ... .
Malocclusion means all dysfunctions of the tooth form and the incorrect relation between the teeth. There are genetic factors which condition the occurrence of malocclusion, nonetheless, it is most often an effect of bad habits in childhood. ... .