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Affinity Dental of La Mesa
8881 Fletcher Parkway
La Mesa, CA 91942
Wade Ahwal DDS MPH Parkway Dental Group (PDG)
8881 Fletcher Parkway
La Mesa, CA 91942
Randall Stettler DDS
1 5565 Grossmont Center Drive Building
La Mesa, CA 91942
Vaniyants Lyudvig DDS
6062 Lake Murray Boulevard
La Mesa, CA 91942
Hill Brien K DDS, Schneidmiller Tamara L DDS
7888 La Mesa Boulevard
La Mesa, CA 91942
Larry R Pawl DMD
7339 El Cajon Boulevard
La Mesa, CA 91942
Jahina Sonna B DDS
10862 Calle Verde
La Mesa, CA 91941
Classic Dental Care
7122 University Avenue
La Mesa, CA 91942
Stephen B. Earle, DDS
8430 Lemon Avenue
La Mesa, CA 91941
Bolam Dental Office Inc
5308 Lake Murray Boulevard
La Mesa, CA 91942
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 ... .
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. ... .
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, ... .
A treatment has to be conducted whenever a malocclusion is diagnosed. Otherwise, it may cause face deformation or have many undesirable health consequences. ... .
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. ... .