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Boo-Boo Blankies
1965 22nd Avenue
Calera, AL 35040
Calera Dental Center
101 County Road 87
Calera, AL 35040
Calera Dental Center: Ford M Ashley DMD
101 County Road 87
Calera, AL 35040
Calera Dental Center: Rigsby Deborah DDS
101 County Road 87
Calera, AL 35040
Calera Orthodontics
101 County Road 87
Calera, AL 35040
Calera Pediatric Dentistry
8535 U.S. 31
Calera, AL 35040
Doss Derek DDS
56 Market Place Circle
Calera, AL 35040
Dr. Andrea F. Nunes, DMD
101 County Road 87
Calera, AL 35040
Dr. Justin A. Zellmer, DMD
101 County Road 87
Calera, AL 35040
Dr. Michael E. Ford, DMD
101 County Road 87
Calera, AL 35040
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. ... .
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. ... .
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, ... .
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. ... .