Dr McMahon is committed to providing you with the great smile that you deserve using leading edge technology, the latest techniques and materials, combined with knowledge acquired through years of patient care. He uses a range of early treatments but only when this means that second stage treatment will either not be required, give a better result, is faster, less invasive or less expensive.
All treatment choices are explained, and recommendations made based on the philosophy of "if this were my child". Exceptional dental results are backed up by a consideration of facial aesthetics, oral health and stability for the long term. All this with the personal service that makes it special.
All treatment choices are explained, and recommendations made based on the philosophy of "if this were my child". Exceptional dental results are backed up by a consideration of facial aesthetics, oral health and stability for the long term. All this with the personal service that makes it special.
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At Specialist Orthodontist we specialise in orthodontic treatment of a wide range of problems affecting Children, Teens and Adults. The practice philosophy has always been that treating patients as individuals is as important as the Orthodontics. There is no production line. You will be seen by the Orthodontist at every visit.
Peter McMahon is a registered specialist orthodontist with 35 years experience in orthodontics. Dr McMahon completed his dental degree at the University of Queensland and after a number of years in the Queensland Hospitals system and the School Dental Service he moved to Melbourne to commence a Master's Degree in Orthodontics.
Crossbite is a form of misalignment of the teeth or 'malocclusion' which is where the upper teeth close inside the lower teeth. With a normal bite alignment, the upper teeth rest slightly outside the lower teeth. Up to one in six children have posterior crossbite with their baby teeth, with anterior crossbite affecting around one in twenty.
Teeth are described as impacted when they have not fully erupted, that is they have not fully emerged from the gums. Where a tooth is fully impacted it has not broken through the gum at all, although a tooth can also be partially impacted, where it has appeared, but not fully.
Some teeth are more prone to impaction than others - the most commonly teeth to be affected are wisdom teeth (also referred to as third molars), followed by upper eye teeth (also referred to as maxillary canines or cuspids).In many cases impacted teeth have no symptoms and are often discovered during a routine x-ray.
Some teeth are more prone to impaction than others - the most commonly teeth to be affected are wisdom teeth (also referred to as third molars), followed by upper eye teeth (also referred to as maxillary canines or cuspids).In many cases impacted teeth have no symptoms and are often discovered during a routine x-ray.
Orthodontics is a branch of dentistry specialised in correcting misaligned jaws and misaligned ('crooked') teeth. Even though the word is only just over a hundred years old, orthodontics has been practised since Ancient Egyptian times, and the Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates was treating tooth misalignment around 400BC.
