Dr. Melissa K. Bernhardt is a West Des Moines, Iowa based Orthodontics. Active license number of Dr. Melissa K. Bernhardt is 07821 for Orthodontics in Iowa. Her current practice location is 9295 Bishop Drive, Suite 120, West Des Moines. Patients can reach her at 515-987-9130 or can fax her at 515-987-9133. Dr. Melissa K. Bernhardt is DDS, MS in Orthodontics and her NPI number (Unique professional ID assigned by NPPES) is 1881712305.
Dr. Melissa K. Bernhardt major responsibilities 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.Orthodontists are also called dentofacial orthopedics who deals with 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.