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Dr. Stephen J. Schroeter, DDS
10384 East Lylewood Way
Clovis, CA 93619
St Clair & Massey Orthodontics
901 East 21st Street
Clovis, NM 88101
Loma Vista Dental
1504 Shaw Avenue
Clovis, CA 93611
Loma Vista Dental: Vatche Wassilian DDS
1504 Shaw Avenue
Clovis, CA 93611
SmileCare Clovis
1010 Shaw Avenue
Clovis, CA 93612
Tom Craynor DDS
795 Pollasky Avenue
Clovis, CA 93612
Glen W. Hisel DDS
221 Fairway Terrace North
Clovis, NM 88101
Michael G. Wood DDS, Clovis
211 Innsdale Terrace
Clovis, NM 88101
Powell Family Dentistry: Powell Julie A DDS
121 West Llano Estacado Boulevard
Clovis, NM 88101
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 ... .
A treatment has to be conducted whenever a malocclusion is diagnosed. Otherwise, it may cause face deformation or have many undesirable health consequences. ... .
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 ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .