Orthodontic Conditions Treated in San Ramon, CA
Canyon Lakes Orthodontics treats the full range of bite and alignment problems in San Ramon, California: crowding, overbite, underbite, crossbite, spacing, open bite, impacted teeth, and jaw pain. The practice publishes a page on each, covering what causes the condition, what it costs to leave it untreated, and how it is corrected at every age.
Most people arrive knowing what bothers them rather than what it is called. These pages work the other way round from a treatment menu: start with what you are seeing, and the treatment follows from it.
Every page here says plainly which corrections are time-sensitive. Several are — an underbite, a crossbite, and an impacted canine all have windows in childhood where the treatment is smaller, shorter, and avoids surgery that the same problem may require later.
Dr. Jenée Kaplan, DDS
Orthodontic residency and a Master’s degree at Loma Linda University. Member of the American Association of Orthodontists, the American Dental Association, and the California Dental Association.
What conditions does Canyon Lakes Orthodontics treat?
- Crowded teethThe most common reason people come in, and the one most likely to come back without a retainer.
- OverbiteTwo different problems share the name. Which one you have decides whether teeth or jaws have to move.
- UnderbiteThe condition where age changes the answer most — a growth case at eight, a surgical conversation at twenty-two.
- CrossbiteMakes the jaw shift sideways to close. Easy to correct in a child, and much harder once the palate fuses.
- Gaps between teethStraightforward to close, stubborn to keep closed — and not always worth closing at all.
- Open biteThe front teeth never meet. Treating the habit or the airway behind it matters as much as moving the teeth.
- Impacted teethA tooth stuck under the gum, causing no pain while it can quietly damage the tooth beside it.
- Jaw painUsually muscular, usually treatable without braces. Where the bite is the cause, we say so — and where it is not, we say that too.
Questions patients ask before booking
At what age should a child first see an orthodontist?
By age seven, which is the American Association of Orthodontists recommendation. That is not a recommendation to start treatment at seven. It is when a crossbite, an underbite, or an impacted canine becomes visible early enough that growth can still be used to correct it simply.
Which of these conditions cannot wait?
Crossbite, underbite, and impacted teeth are the time-sensitive ones. All three are corrected far more simply in a growing child than in an adult, and an impacted canine can damage the roots of neighboring teeth silently while nothing hurts.
Do I need a referral from my dentist?
No. You can book an orthodontic consultation directly. Many patients come on a dentist’s recommendation and many arrive on their own, and neither route changes what the examination covers.
What happens at a first consultation?
An examination, the records needed to measure the problem rather than estimate it, and a conversation about what is going on and what the options are. Ask for the fee and your insurance benefit in writing before you decide anything.
Why patients choose Canyon Lakes Orthodontics
Care
Cost
- A written fee and your insurance benefit before you decide
- What actually drives the cost, explained on every condition page
- No treatment recommended that measurements do not support
How do you get this looked at?
Canyon Lakes Orthodontics is in Suite 102, upstairs on the north side of the building, on the east side of San Ramon. A consultation covers what is actually going on, what the options are, and what each one costs.