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Thompson Dentistry
123 West 2nd Street
Portales, NM 88130
Peter L. Thompson, DDS - Dentist for Portales, Roswell, Hobbs, Carlsbad
123 West 2nd Street
Portales, NM 88130
Dr. James F. Smith, DDS
1515 West Fir Street
Portales, NM 88130
Dr. Craig M. Cardon, DMD
1515 West Fir Street
Portales, NM 88130
Hamann Michele
1521 West 18th Street
Portales, NM 88130
Portales Dental Arts Center
1521 West 18th Street
Portales, NM 88130
Portales Dental Arts Center: Wilson Buck R DDS
1521 West 18th Street
Portales, NM 88130
Eastern Family Dentistry
1521 West 18th Street
Portales, NM 88130
La Casa Family Dentistry: Gangadhar Immanni, DDS
1515 West Fir Street
Portales, NM 88130
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. ... .
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 ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .