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Ratliff Travis a DDS
4159 North Mayo Trail
Pikeville, KY 41501
Dentist Office: Whitfield Ben DDS
1144 South Mayo Trail
Pikeville, KY 41501
Dr. Richard B. Green, DMD
387 Town Mountain Road
Pikeville, KY 41501
Williams Marc L DDS
126 Williams Drive
Pikeville, KY 41501
Pikeville Dental
126 Williams Drive
Pikeville, KY 41501
Dr. Chad C. Street, DMD
387 Town Mountain Rd
Pikeville, KY 41501
Hensley J Shane DDS
126 Trivette Drive
Pikeville, KY 41501
Loren Williams Pfc: Blackburn Deanna
126 Williams Drive
Pikeville, KY 41501
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery: Anderson William R DDS
1152 South Mayo Trail
Pikeville, KY 41501
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 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 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. ... .
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. ... .