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Fitts C Thomas
4415 Hard Scrabble Road
Columbia, SC 29229
Sandhills Dentistry: Hodges Frank DDS
126 Barton Creek Court
Columbia, SC 29229
Sandhills Dentistry: Radeka Joyce DDS
126 Barton Creek Court
Columbia, SC 29229
Aesthetic Dental Center of Columbia
10700 Charter Drive
Columbia, MD 21044
Dr. Mahvash Zulfaghary, DDS
10700 Charter Drive
Columbia, MD 21044
Dr. Kathleen M. Doisy, MD
401 North Keene Street
Columbia, MO 65201
Hentscher Johnson Orthodontics: Jodi Hentscher Johnson
840 Admiral Weinel Boulevard
Columbia, IL 62236
Garlitz Kyle M DDS
5 Lake Carolina Boulevard
Columbia, SC 29229
Christman H Fred DDS
2705 Surfside Court
Columbia, MO 65203
Healthy Smilz
2020 Laurel Street
Columbia, SC 29204
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 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 ... .
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. ... .
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 ... .
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. ... .