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Southwest Iowa Dental Associates
1204 West Sheridan Avenue
Shenandoah, IA 51601
Rodriquez Jr John J DDS
1644 Research Forest Drive
Shenandoah, TX 77381
Kolonsky Edward DDS
27 West Washington Street
Shenandoah, PA 17976
Dr. Scott A. Ruffner, DDS
426 South 3rd Street
Shenandoah, VA 22849
Jillian M. Travis, RDH
1204 West Sheridan Avenue
Shenandoah, IA 51601
Shenandoah Family Dentistry
118 North Blossom Street
Shenandoah, IA 51601
Carrell-Dostal Dentistry: Dostal Robert A DDS
118 North Blossom Street
Shenandoah, IA 51601
Beautiful, white and ideally aligned teeth are the beauty ideal. In order to enjoy it, it is not enough to just pay attention to the oral hygiene. It is necessary to prevent and treat malocclusions. ... .
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, ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .