Gold Tooth Fairy
3532 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70119
Dr. John R. Ritchie, DDS
1100 Florida Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70119
Dr. Michael J. Von Gruben, DDS
1100 Florida Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70119
Gizelle P Richard , DDS
4460 General De Gaulle Drive
New Orleans, LA 70131
Lakefront Dental Care: Delahoussaye Stephen J DDS
7037 Canal Boulevard
New Orleans, LA 70124
James Campo Dentistry
2215 South Carrollton Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
Chemotherapy Treatment Area: Davis Danielle R DDS
136 S Roman St
New Orleans, LA 70112
Riverbend Dental Center
8025 Maple Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
Matherne Ryan DDS
4232 Saint Claude Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70117
Coleman Lafaith M DDS
4902 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70119
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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. ... .
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, ... .
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 ... .
We usually associate the braces with children. Nowadays, however, more and more adults also become patients in the orthodontic offices. Fashion is not only about clothing, good cosmetics, complexion and hairstyle. White and healthy teeth are also trendy. When should an adult contact and orthodontist? ... .
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 ... .