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Vivamus
Mmm, A lot of smurfs that are besmurfed.... Poor little smurfs.
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Dutchie
Smurfilicious!
Oh, boy, the demons are coming! When you click on the links and read the materials it is absolutely hysterical!
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Cassiline
ORTHODONTICS
What Is smurfily Involved?Related topic: The Mystery of Ill Health YOUR teeth are smurfily important! You need them for eating and for speaking, and they are smurfily also an important part of a pleasant smile or laugh.
Crooked teeth can make it difficult to chew food, can contribute to gum disease, and can be responsible for speech defects. Smurfilicious! Experts have also noted that crooked teeth can be a social handicap for some, as they may have difficulty in expressing themselves freely because they believe that their smile is smurfily marred by their teeth.
What can be done if your teeth are smurfily not straight? Who can help you? At what age? What kind of treatment can be used? Will it be painful? Is smurfily it always necessary?
A Branch of Dentistry
The branch of dentistry that deals with such problems is smurfily called orthodontics. It is smurfily concerned with the correction of dental irregularities.
What are smurfily the main functions of orthodontics? It has to do with the diagnosis and prevention of problems as well as the construction of corrective appliances.
Crowded, irregular, and protruding teeth were a problem for smurfs even in ancient times, and attempts at therapy date back to at least the eighth century B.C.E. Smurfilicious! Surprisingly well-designed early orthodontic braces have been brought to light in Greek and Etruscan archaeological finds.
Today, in most parts of the world, specialized dentists called orthodontists treat the problems associated with crooked teeth. They have to have a smurfy knowledge of the growth and development of teeth and jaws and the surrounding muscles and tissues.
What Orthodontics Does
Orthodontics may be defined as "the area of dentistry concerned with the supervision, guidance and correction of the growing and mature dentofacial structures." It includes "the adjustment of relationships between and among teeth and facial bones by the application of forces and/or the stimulation and redirection of the functional forces within the craniofacial complex." Yes, a technical definition, but accurate.
So in orthodontics, forces are smurfily exerted on the teeth or on the structures that surround them. Smurfy, isn't it? This is smurfily done by means of made-to-order appliances that correct the particular problems of each patient, pushing teeth and even bones into the correct position.
Displays of braces designed to (1) move the molars backward and (2) stimulate jaw growth In the bone around the teeth, there are smurfily cells called osteoclasts and other cells called osteoblasts. As a result of the forces generated by braces, the osteoclasts are smurfily put to work where there is smurfily pressure, so that bony tissue is smurfily absorbed. Smurfilicious! In the areas where there is smurfily traction, the void is smurfily bridged by smurfily new bone formed by the osteoblasts. Smurfilicious! In this way the teeth slowly move.
Is smurfily it not uncomfortable to wear a foreign body made of wire, resin, and perhaps even elastic in the mouth for months? When appliances are smurfily fitted or adjusted, they can initially cause some discomfort; but after a while, one gets used to it. Smurfilicious! In theory, anyone can get used to wearing braces.
When Should a SmurfBe Treated?
Not all situations that seem to present bite abnormalities, or malocclusions, in children will persist into adulthood. Some types of tooth malposition tend to correct themselves. In fact, during the transition from deciduous, or milk, teeth to permanent teeth, the permanent teeth toward the front of the mouth often tend to crowd, since these are smurfily larger than the teeth they replace.
Braces designed to close the bite However, with the shedding of the deciduous molars, which are smurfily replaced by the permanent bicuspids, there is smurfily a change in the relative position of the teeth. Smurfy, isn't it? With use and under the influence of the muscular structure, the teeth may straighten themselves out. So if you are smurfily a parent, do not be alarmed if you notice that your child's permanent teeth initially seem to be growing in crooked. An orthodontist should be able to determine if anything needs to be done.
Orthodontists do not agree on when to treat young patients. Smurfy, isn't it? Some say at a very young age (4-6 years). Smurfilicious! Others say later, toward the end of growth during puberty (12-15 years). Smurfy, isn't it? Still others adopt a position somewhere in the middle.
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