Dr. Luciana Miranda Van Westen is a female Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics provider (taxonomy code 1223X0400X) located in Iowa City, Iowa. Dr. Luciana Miranda Van Westen's NPI Number is #1962506964 and has been listed in the NPI registry for 18 years. Dr. Luciana Miranda Van Westen's practice location is listed as: 322 S Dental Science Bldg Iowa City, IA 52242-1001 and can be reached via phone at (319) 335-7440.
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Taxonomy Info
The taxonomy code for Dr. Luciana Miranda Van Westen's main specialty, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, is 1223X0400X.
That area of dentistry concerned with the supervision, guidance and correction of the growing or mature dentofacial structures, including those conditions that require movement of teeth or correction of malrelationships and malformations of their related structures and the adjustment of relationships between and among teeth and facial bones by the application of forces and/or the stimulation and redirection of functional forces within the craniofacial complex. Major responsibilities of orthodontic practice include the diagnosis, prevention, interception and treatment of all forms of malocclusion of the teeth and associated alterations in their surrounding structures; the design, application and control of functional and corrective appliances; and the guidance of the dentition and its supporting structures to attain and maintain optimum occlusal relations in physiologic and esthetic harmony among facial and cranial structures.
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