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Lake Martin Family Dentistry: Young Dave DDS
659 Alex City Shopping Center Dr
Alexander City, AL 35010
ToothMasters
139 Aliant Parkway
Alexander City, AL 35010
Foy Jr Albert DDS
780 Commerce Drive
Alexander City, AL 35010
E Kenneth Howard Jr Dental: Alford Rhonda
125 Alison Drive
Alexander City, AL 35010
Carlisle Amy
659 Alex City Shopping Center Drive
Alexander City, AL 35010
Carlisle Amy
659 Alex City Shopping Center Dr
Alexander City, AL 35010
Lake Martin Family Dentistry
659 Alex City Shopping Center Dr
Alexander City, AL 35010
Wallace Stephen DDS
1572 Mill Square
Alexander City, AL 35010
Wallace Stephen DDS
1572 Mill Square
Alexander City, AL 35010
Pierce Robert E DDS
Ledges Trail
Alexander City, AL 35010
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 ... .
Though there are many chemical whiteners on the market, we can also use natural whitening methods that won't put the health of our teeth in danger. Sometimes instead of using chemicals we can simply... eat! ... .
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 ... .
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, ... .