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Dr. Kathryn O. Newman, DDS
10652 Deerbrook Drive
Knoxville, TN 37922
Dr. William High & Dr. David Pickett, West Knoxville Oral Surgeons
248 North Peters Road
Knoxville, TN 37923
Knoxville Dental Group PC
10652 Deerbrook Drive
Knoxville, TN 37922
Knoxville Dental Group PC: Ketron Pam
10652 Deerbrook Drive
Knoxville, TN 37922
Knoxville Dental Group PC: Pigford III W Cecil DDS
10652 Deerbrook Drive
Knoxville, TN 37922
Oral & Maxilliofacial Surgery: Brooks C Edward DDS
11226 West Point Drive
Knoxville, TN 37934
Oral & Maxilliofacial Surgery
11226 West Point Drive
Knoxville, TN 37934
O'Rourke Christopher DDS
11226 West Point Drive
Knoxville, TN 37934
East Tennessee Pediatric Dentistry
1103 Callahan Drive
Knoxville, TN 37912
Speed of Light Tanning Salon
7220 Chapman Highway
Knoxville, TN 37920
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 ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .