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Greenwood Family Dentistry
1090 South State Road 135
Greenwood, IN 46143
Noland Patricia E DDS
1431 Bypass 72 NE
Greenwood, SC 29649
Dr. Billy J. Hockman, DDS
1499 Windhorst Way
Greenwood, IN 46143
Dr. Duane F. Hurt, DDS
100 East Claiborne Avenue
Greenwood, MS 38930
Dr. Duane F. Hurt, DDS
100 East Claiborne Avenue
Greenwood, MS 38930
Young Jr J Ernest DDS
355 Cambridge Avenue West
Greenwood, SC 29646
Michael Reeves DDS
3195 Fairview Road
Greenwood, IN 46142
Indiana Periodontics: Chai Yuyao B DDS
45 North Madison Avenue
Greenwood, IN 46142
Indiana Periodontics: Jackson Kristin M DDS
45 North Madison Avenue
Greenwood, IN 46142
Greenwood Park Dental: Cabbell Shawn DDS
622 North Madison Avenue
Greenwood, IN 46142
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 ... .
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. ... .
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, ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .