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Wallace Marshall L DDS
3 Professional Court
Sumter, SC 29150
Dr. Arian L. Ray, DDS
625 Constitution Drive
Sumter, SC 29154
Sumter Family Dental Center
740 Bultman Drive
Sumter, SC 29150
Dr. Washington Ray Jr, DDS
740 Bultman Drive
Sumter, SC 29150
Richard S Marks PA
5 Professional Court
Sumter, SC 29150
Kool Smiles: Tidwell Todd A DDS
1121 Broad Street
Sumter, SC 29150
Dr. Edna L. Clinton, DMD
1121 Broad Street
Sumter, SC 29150
Kool Smiles: Voronina Anastasia V DDS
1121 Broad Street
Sumter, SC 29150
Carter-Elms Julie
1116 Alice Drive
Sumter, SC 29150
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 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 ... .
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. ... .
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, ... .
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. ... .