Treatment records
Orthodontics
Orthodontic cases treated at The Seoul Dental in Seongnam, Korea – clear aligners, fixed braces and growth-stage treatment.
Cases treated at The Seoul Dental in Seongnam, Korea. Each entry is a summary — open one to read the full record. Patient-identifying details are removed.
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Clear Aligners or Fixed Braces: What Decides Which One Suits You
Neither appliance is the better one. Aligners only move teeth during the 20 to 22 hours a day they are worn; fixed braces move them regardless of what the patient…
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Headgear for a Child’s Protruding Bite: What It Does and What It Asks Of You
Headgear does not pull teeth back. It slows the upper jaw’s forward growth so the lower jaw catches up – which is why it only works during growth, and why…
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A Child’s Underbite: Why the Timing Decides the Options
The same underbite is a different problem in a child and in an adult. While the jaw is still growing its direction can be guided; once growth is finished it…
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Braces and an Implant Both Needed: Which Comes First?
Orthodontics moves teeth; an implant must not move. That conflict decides the order – and in this case the usual order was reversed, for a reason worth understanding.
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Can Clear Aligners Fix an Underbite Without Surgery?
A Class III underbite treated with clear aligners in an adult. What aligners moved, what they could not move, and how to tell which of the two your own case…
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Severe Crowding, Clear Aligners, No Extractions – and Deliberately Slow
Teeth badly out of line, in a patient who speaks for a living and could not wear visible braces. Extraction would have aged the face, and finishing quickly would have…
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Correcting a Protruding Mouth Without Extractions
Extract or not is the question every protrusion case turns on – and getting it wrong in either direction has a visible cost. This one was treated with self-ligating braces…
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Braces or Implants First? Why the Order Is Not Negotiable
An implant fuses to bone and stops moving. That single fact settles the sequence when a patient needs both aligners and implants – and getting it backwards cannot be undone.
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Correcting an Underbite Without Jaw Surgery: A 30-Month Case
A Class III underbite in an adult, corrected with braces rather than orthognathic surgery. What decides whether surgery is needed, and why the case was deliberately finished slowly.
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Invisalign in Korea: Treatment Time, Discomfort and What It Costs
Crowded, protruding upper front teeth corrected with clear aligners without extractions. How aligner packages differ, why treatment time can be shorter than with brackets, and what it costs.
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The Orthodontic Treatment Process & Why Precise Diagnosis Matters
Dr. Hyeonjoon Park explains the full orthodontic process — assessment, X-rays, cephalometric diagnosis, and appliance selection — and why precise diagnosis determines the result.