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Feeney Orthodontics
733 Chapin Street
Ludlow, MA 01056
Feeney Orthodontics: Feeney Francis J DMD MDS
733 Chapin Street
Ludlow, MA 01056
Equiptment Dan DDS
534 Center Street
Ludlow, MA 01056
Mc Daniel Steve DDS
534 Center Street
Ludlow, MA 01056
Manning David DDS
653 Center Street
Ludlow, MA 01056
Apex Dental Associates P.C.
653 Center Street
Ludlow, MA 01056
Montgomery John C DDS
121 Main Street
Ludlow, VT 05149
General Dentistry: Gondek Richard M DDS
61 Williams Street
Ludlow, NY 10562
Ludlow Dental Center
8 Main Street
Ludlow, VT 05149
Ludlow Family Dentistry PC
257 Kendall Street
Ludlow, MA 01056
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 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. ... .
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 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. ... .
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 ... .