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Westbury Dental
229 Post Avenue
Westbury, NY 11590
Dr. Jeffrey Zaffos DDS
214 Fulton St
Westbury, NY 11590
Dental World PC
900 Merchants Concourse
Westbury, NY 11590
Dental World PC: Morcos Ezat DDS
900 Merchants Concourse
Westbury, NY 11590
Carman Dental Care: Kaushik Chandra DDS
802 Carman Avenue
Westbury, NY 11590
Drs. Ganz & Grossman
1600 Stewart Avenue
Westbury, NY 11590
Ehrenman and Khan Pediatric Dentistry
959 Brush Hollow Road
Westbury, NY 11590
Dr. Gerald B. Grossman, DDS
1600 Stewart Avenue
Westbury, NY 11590
A treatment has to be conducted whenever a malocclusion is diagnosed. Otherwise, it may cause face deformation or have many undesirable health consequences. ... .
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 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. ... .
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, ... .
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. ... .