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Westchester Dental Center
10555 West Cermak Road
Westchester, IL 60154
Pinkerton Michelle D DDS
1600 Westchester Boulevard
Westchester, IL 60154
Marshall Stephen G DDS
10510 West Cermak Road
Westchester, IL 60154
Dr. Ralph Ambrosino D.D.S.
4 Westbrook Corporate Center
Westchester, IL 60154
Gerald S Sapp DDS
10215 West Roosevelt Road
Westchester, IL 60154
Carefirst General & I.V. Sedation Dentistry
927 South Mannheim Road
Westchester, IL 60154
Aiello Dental Excellence
927 South Mannheim Road
Westchester, IL 60154
Dr. John F. Houlihan, DDS
2450 South Wolf Road
Westchester, IL 60154
Gartner Periodental Care: Gartner Bruce A DDS
957 South Mannheim Road
Westchester, IL 60154
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, ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .
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 ... .