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Dr. Richard A Whipple
11525 Southwest Durham Road
Tigard, OR 97224
Bull Mountain Family Dentistry
15885 Southwest 116th Avenue
Tigard, OR 97224
Kona Kids Dentistry
11455 Southwest Summerfield Drive
Tigard, OR 97224
Doty Keith DDS
12540 Southwest 68th Avenue
Tigard, OR 97223
Alder Dental Group, Bridgeport
7110 Southwest Hazel Fern Road
Tigard, OR 97224
Canterbury Dental: Carvel L. Stander DMD
14465 Southwest Pacific Highway
Tigard, OR 97224
Walpole Jane L DDS
12148 Southwest 131st Avenue
Tigard, OR 97223
Dr. Ben B. Kang, DMD
7455 Southwest Findlay Road
Tigard, OR 97224
Lisa Gitelson, DMD & David Wilson, DMD
14300 Southwest Pacific Highway
Tigard, OR 97224
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, ... .
Malocclusion means all dysfunctions of the tooth form and the incorrect relation between the teeth. There are genetic factors which condition the occurrence of malocclusion, nonetheless, it is most often an effect of bad habits in childhood. ... .
A treatment has to be conducted whenever a malocclusion is diagnosed. Otherwise, it may cause face deformation or have many undesirable health consequences. ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .