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Bronson Family Practice Oshtemo
5629 Stadium Drive
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Terence D. Blosl DDS
6767 West O Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Oshtemo Family Dentistry
5917 Stadium Drive
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Seabold Richard D DDS
1040 Wilshire Boulevard
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Dr. Jeffrey Schimp DDS
1141 South Rose Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49001
Drake Road Orthodontics: Owings Nick S DDS
401 South Drake Road
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Dr. Letitia Randall, DDS
401 South Drake Road
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Drake Road Orthodontics, Dr. Randall
401 South Drake Road
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Wright William L DDS
1850 Whites Road
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Jeffrey Hamlin PC
1850 Whites Road
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
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 ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .