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Lukes George N DDS
Old Shell Rd 2653A
Mobile, AL 36607
Dr. Lakica R. Amos, DMD
1501 Springhill Ave
Mobile, AL 36604
Beville Douglas C DDS
3616 Springhill Memorial Dr N
Mobile, AL 36608
Grantham Dental: Grantham Garrett A DDS
3616 Springhill Memorial Dr N
Mobile, AL 36608
Victory Health Partners
3750 Professional Parkway
Mobile, AL 36609
Providence Park Family Dentistry
7053 Providence Park Dr
Mobile, AL 36695
L Russell Brandau, III, DMD
7053 Providence Park Dr
Mobile, AL 36695
Providence Park Family Dentistry: Mc Cray Dyan
7053 Providence Park Dr
Mobile, AL 36695
Alabama Family Dental: Dr. Fritz Harshberger
5414 Old Shell Rd
Mobile, AL 36608
Eastburn William G DMD
5368 Zeigler Boulevard
Mobile, AL 36608
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. ... .
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, ... .
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. ... .
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 ... .