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Gentlecare Dental Center Ak
6611 Debarr Road
Anchorage, AK 99504
Dr. Joseph Baggette
6611 Debarr Road
Anchorage, AK 99504
Walker Adam w DDS
6611 Debarr Road
Anchorage, AK 99504
Northstar Dental
1000 E Dimond Blvd
Anchorage, AK 99515
Alaska Smiles
1000 East Dimond Boulevard
Anchorage, AK 99515
Northstar Dental: Paape David DDS
1000 East Dimond Boulevard
Anchorage, AK 99515
Arthur P Geuss, Jr., DDS
900 West Fireweed Lane
Anchorage, AK 99503
Dr Pauli's Practice: Pauli Richard S DDS
3500 Latouche Street
Anchorage, AK 99508
Wilde Dustin K DDS
3500 Latouche Street
Anchorage, AK 99508
Advanced Family Dental Care: Christensen Todd DDS
3500 Latouche Street
Anchorage, AK 99508
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. ... .
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. ... .
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 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. ... .