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Roan Gerald M DDS
205 Worcester Court
Falmouth, MA 02540
Myers Kenneth E DDS
2 Blackstrap Road
Falmouth, ME 04105
Bravman Langston & Associates
236 Main Street
Falmouth, MA 02540
Wall James S DDS
108 Main Street
Falmouth, MA 02540
Alikhani Kathy DDS
210 Jones Road
Falmouth, MA 02540
Falmouth Pediatric Dentistry
6 Fundy Road
Falmouth, ME 04105
Mitchell John E DDS
23 Falmouth Heights Road
Falmouth, MA 02540
Falmouth Dental Associates: Favaloro John L DDS
210 Jones Rd
Falmouth, MA 02540
Falmouth Family Dentistry: Kim-Gagnon Christina DDS
337 Gifford Street
Falmouth, MA 02540
Michael P Adams DDS
107 Town Hall Square
Falmouth, MA 02540
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 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 ... .
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, ... .
A treatment has to be conducted whenever a malocclusion is diagnosed. Otherwise, it may cause face deformation or have many undesirable health consequences. ... .
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 ... .