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Stephens Julius A DDS
1604 Summerhill Road
North Augusta, SC 29841
Dr. Timothy W. Sizemore, DMD
225 Woodland Dr
North Augusta, SC 29841
Owings Sam & Owings: Owings David A DDS
540 West Martintown Road
North Augusta, SC 29841
Hartley Ann
503 West Martintown Road
North Augusta, SC 29841
Hale Alice D DMD
503 West Martintown Road
North Augusta, SC 29841
Dr. Clarence I. Norton, DDS
501 E Martintown Rd
North Augusta, SC 29841
North Augusta Smiles: Schmidt Clarissa DDS
501 E Martintown Rd
North Augusta, SC 29841
North Augusta Smiles
501 E Martintown Rd
North Augusta, SC 29841
Waugh Gary a DDS
503 West Martintown Road
North Augusta, SC 29841
Bryant, Ron E DDS, Family & Cosmetic Dentistry:
504 West Avenue
North Augusta, SC 29841
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. ... .
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. ... .
We usually associate the braces with children. Nowadays, however, more and more adults also become patients in the orthodontic offices. Fashion is not only about clothing, good cosmetics, complexion and hairstyle. White and healthy teeth are also trendy. When should an adult contact and orthodontist? ... .
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 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 ... .