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Anthony C. Van Soest, DMD
102 East 1st Street
Milan, MO 63556
Superior Orthodics & Prosthetics
1079 West Cunningham Street
Milan, TN 38358
Patrick R T DDS
2025 South 1st Street
Milan, TN 38358
Dr. Robert T. Patrick Sr, DDS
2025 South 1st Street
Milan, TN 38358
Patrick R T DDS
2025 South 1st Street
Milan, TN 38358
Harrison & Tucker: Tucker Jr John W DDS
4129 South 1st Street
Milan, TN 38358
Harrison & Tucker: Harrison William H DDS
4129 South 1st Street
Milan, TN 38358
Mills James B DDS
2014 South 1st Street
Milan, TN 38358
McHargue Nick DDS
118 South Market Street
Milan, MO 63556
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 ... .
A treatment has to be conducted whenever a malocclusion is diagnosed. Otherwise, it may cause face deformation or have many undesirable health consequences. ... .
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. ... .
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. ... .