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What are orthodontics?
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Straight teeth: Ortho = straight, dontics = teeth. Orthodontists are Dental Specialists with >4000 hrs of full time Residency training in dento-facial growth & development supervision and resolution of malocclusion (bad bite) to produce a result that provides ideal function, superlative esthetics, & reasonable stability. We put teeth and jaws where they belong.
Answered 4/29/2015
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Straighten teeth: we help patients improve their bite, which improves overall health and straighten teeth to provide beautiful smiles
Answered 10/16/2017
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Straight teeth: From two Greek roots: "Ortho", meaning straight;upright and "Dont", meaning tooth. So together they mean straight, upright teeth.
Answered 3/13/2019
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Moving teeth: Orthodontics is the specialty of tooth movement and modification of jaw growth
Answered 9/18/2020
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Orthodontics: is the branch of dentistry that use a variety of techniques to help patients straighten teeth and improve their appearance and function.
Answered 3/13/2019
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Orthodontics?: Orthodontics is a spcialty field of dentistry. The exact specialty is "Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics". Correction of malocclusions from both dental and skeletal etiologies.
Answered 3/13/2019
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