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Macarena Planken DDS Pc
3401 Merrick Rd
Wantagh, NY 11793
Germaine Michael DDS
2962 Merrick Road
Wantagh, NY 11793
Andrew Slyper DDS
3601 Jerusalem Avenue
Wantagh, NY 11793
Wantagh Dental Arts
1228 Wantagh Avenue
Wantagh, NY 11793
Costa Frank DDS
1228 Wantagh Avenue
Wantagh, NY 11793
Scherr Sheehy Schwartz Orthodontics
3341 Park Avenue
Wantagh, NY 11793
Julia Nosov, DDS
3305 Jerusalem Avenue
Wantagh, NY 11793
Rosenzweig Lawrence DDS
3305 Jerusalem Avenue
Wantagh, NY 11793
The pursuit of white smile is commonly associated with the 20th century society. However, people have been striving for white teeth since hundreds of years. ... .
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. ... .
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, ... .
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 ... .
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. ... .