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ODS School of Dental Hygiene
909 Adams Avenue
La Grande, OR 97850
Nearing DMD & Mayes DDS
1502 North Pine Street
La Grande, OR 97850
Comfort Dental Lab
215 Prospect Dr
La Grande, OR 97850
Dr. Clark J. Grover, DMD
10 Pine Crest Drive
La Grande, OR 97850
Sea Brite Dental
10609 Walton Road
La Grande, OR 97850
Joseph D. Martinez, D.M.D
904 6th Street
La Grande, OR 97850
Koza Family Dental Care
2502 Cove Avenue
La Grande, OR 97850
Koza Family Dental Care
2502 Cove Avenue
La Grande, OR 97850
Grande Ronde Denture Services
1514 Jefferson Avenue
La Grande, OR 97850
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. ... .
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. ... .
A dead tooth is a colloquial name for a tooth that does not have a nerve inside it because it was replaced by a dissolvable material during the root canal treatment. A tooth may also become dead due to caries. The shade of dead teeth usually become grey. Fortunately, they can be whitened as well. ... .
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, ... .