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Dr. Brian J. Benoit, DDS
306 Civic Center Boulevard
Houma, LA 70360
Pedro J Cuartas: Nguyen Donny D DDS
600 Valhi Boulevard
Houma, LA 70360
Sanders & Desonier Dental Group: Desonier David DDS
761 West Tunnel Boulevard
Houma, LA 70360
Sanders Dental Group
761 West Tunnel Boulevard
Houma, LA 70360
Sanders & Desonier Dental Group: Sanders Samuel H DDS
761 West Tunnel Boulevard
Houma, LA 70360
Desonier Dental
6860 West Park Avenue
Houma, LA 70364
Dr. Claudia Cavallino, DDS
1340 West Tunnel Boulevard
Houma, LA 70360
Pizzolatto Leonard J DDS
875 Verret Street
Houma, LA 70360
Sevier III Victor H DDS
126 Corporate Drive
Houma, LA 70360
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, ... .
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 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 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 ... .