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Family Dentistry: Scott Steven DDS
139 South Main Street
Petal, MS 39465
Family Dentistry: Scott Steven DDS
139 South Main Street
Petal, MS 39465
Jones Dental Clinic
223 North Main Street
Petal, MS 39465
Jones Dental Clinic: Jones C Lamar DDS
223 North Main Street
Petal, MS 39465
Mauldin Barbara B DDS
108 North Main Street
Petal, MS 39465
Petal Family Dentistry
139 South Main Street
Petal, MS 39465
Reynolds Family Dental Clinic
1336 Mississippi 42
Petal, MS 39465
Reynolds Family Dental Clinic: Reynolds Milton DDS
1336 Mississippi 42
Petal, MS 39465
Terrace Hill Dental Center - Petal: Braswell, B. Glenn DDS
1126 Evelyn Gandy Parkway
Petal, MS 39465
Terrace Hill Dental Center - Petal: Henderson James S DMD
1126 Evelyn Gandy Parkway
Petal, MS 39465
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. ... .
Every kind of malocclusion in a child can have very serious consequences. This is why we should begin the treatment right after we notice first symptoms of any type of bad bite. ... .
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 ... .
Malocclusion means all dysfunctions of the tooth form and the incorrect relation between the teeth. There are genetic factors which condition the occurrence of malocclusion, nonetheless, it is most often an effect of bad habits in childhood. ... .