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Dr. Heidi L. Walker, DMD
2113 Bemiss Road
Valdosta, GA 31602
South Georgia Orthodontics: Holloway Marsha DDS
1525 Baytree Road
Valdosta, GA 31602
Patrick W Powell PC
3022 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA 31602
Nix Stacey
3022 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA 31602
Mayes Jennifer
114 West Moore Street
Valdosta, GA 31602
Integrated Dental Systems
114 West Moore Street
Valdosta, GA 31602
Dr. Brett J. Hester, DMD
114 West Moore Street
Valdosta, GA 31602
Dr. Burgess H. Lee Jr, DMD
3901 Forrest Street Extension
Valdosta, GA 31605
Dr. Sherry C. Colvin, DMD
3901 Forrest Street Ext
Valdosta, GA 31605
R Ferrell Brooks Family Dentistry: Brooks R Ferrell DDS
North Ashley Street 2899-2849
Valdosta, GA 31602
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. ... .
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. ... .
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 ... .
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. ... .
A treatment has to be conducted whenever a malocclusion is diagnosed. Otherwise, it may cause face deformation or have many undesirable health consequences. ... .