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Gutovitz Samuel L DDS
13470 South Arapaho Drive
Olathe, KS 66062
Health Partnership Clinic
407 South Clairborne Road
Olathe, KS 66062
Heidi Harman Orthodontics
601 North Mur-Len Road
Olathe, KS 66062
Howell Family Dentistry
1576 South Mahaffie Circle
Olathe, KS 66062
Howell Family Dentistry: Howell Michael DDS
1576 S Mahaffie Cir
Olathe, KS 66062
Jenkins Jill C DDS
15151 South Blackbob Road
Olathe, KS 66062
Kanakares Jr Nicholas W DDS
601 North Mur-Len Road
Olathe, KS 66062
Kent L. Grassle, DDS, LLC
507 North Mur-Len Road
Olathe, KS 66062
Klein & Walker Orthodontics
975 N Mur-Len Rd
Olathe, KS 66062
Klein Michael S DDS
975 North Mur-Len Road
Olathe, KS 66062
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. ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .
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, ... .