Dentofacial Orthopedic Therapy

Dr. Eckelson knows how important early orthodontic care may be for your child’s facial and dental development. The American Association of Orthodontists recommends that children should be screened for orthodontic needs at age 7. Dr. Eckelson offers a

It also helps a person maintain good oral health. Straight teeth are easier to keep clean and healthy, of great importance to a person's overall health. It's never too late to improve a person's face value and Ortho-Tain can be part of the treatment plan.

Most dentists and orthodontist don’t recommend any treatment before the age of 13. They usually want the child to wait until all permanent teeth are present then see if there is a need for extractions and or braces. “But braces and extractions do not address the real causes of crooked teeth and quite often once they are removed, the teeth crowd up again. (2)” When the myofunctional problems are not fix it can result in the need for braces a second time or having to constantly wear a retainer once braces are removed. “The kids myobrace system targets the underlying causes of crooked teeth as soon as the problems are evident, while the child's biological adaptability is at their peak. (1)” Improving these poor myofunctional habits at an early

A straight beautiful smile is the end goal of all orthodontic treatment in Brockville; however, improving the appearance of your smile is just one reason to invest in orthodontics. Here are just four non-cosmetic ways that orthodontics are important.

Quite a few patients wonder if they really do require orthodontic treatment. They imagine that the problem is easily handled by a general dentist. First, it is important to remember that the orthodontist is a specialist that is educated and trained to treat a number of teeth alignment problems. A general dentist does not have the training required to perform more complicated teeth alignment problems. Clearly, orthodontic treatment is required if you have any of the following problems.

In order for their braces to be effective, they need to follow all of their orthodontist instructions.

many cases, orthodontic treatment is a necessity. In other cases of minor alignment treatment, it may just be one of many options.

Orthodontics helps prevent you from dental decay. But how is this possible? When your teeth are malaligned, it is hard for you to get all the food out by flossing and brushing your teeth the proper way like you would if your teeth were perfectly aligned. For example, when you eat a delicious ham and cheese sandwich you tend to get bread stuck in between all of your teeth. Over time this causes a buildup of plaque on the surfaces of your teeth if not removed. When this happens, you tend to start getting cavities, with orthodontics cavities can be prevented easily because you are able to reach into certain areas of your mouth more. Cavities can only be prevented if you take care of your teeth like you are supposed to. Another benefit with orthodontics that that it boosts your self-esteem and quality of life. Most people tend to have low self-esteem when they don’t like a certain way they look. This would probably be one of the reasons most people choose to get braces. Orthodontics is the best way you can boost your self-esteem if you have a problem with the way your teeth look. So how can orthodontist treat the open bite make children’s smiles look

Some orthodontic work really can’t start until the person stops growing. Conditions like an underbite need to be corrected once kids get older. Generally, speaking an orthodontist may ask parents to wait to have their kids’

Due to the difference in the jaw’s malleability, orthodontic treatments typically take longer with adults than with teenagers. Regardless of age, the results more than justify the time commitment.

In the early stages after receiving orthodontic treatment, it is imperative to maintain regular use of a retainer. Not only will the retainer maintain the alignment of teeth, but it also counteracts the potential for future teeth and jaw movement. According to several doctors of dental surgery, teeth are prone to return to their pre-treatment location if retainers are not used regularly (Wearing a Retainer After Braces, 2009). The average cost of braces in the United States is between four and seven thousand dollars (Braden). To avoid spending this amount of money twice, regular use of a retainer is highly recommended. Teeth Treat will encourage

Potential benefits of early treatment include the ability to guide jaw growth, correct oral habits that are harming the teeth, lower the risk of a trauma occurring to protruding front teeth, enhance your child’s smile and improve the function of your child’s bite.

There are many benefits of an early diagnosis that you need to take into consideration when your child is still young. When their teeth are growing, you have to be sure that there is sufficient room for all of them, also check their jaw coordination and the symmetry of their face, and also, avoid any tooth

Growing patients who are experiencing developmental jaw relationship abnormalities may be managed by orthopedic therapy, through the application of orthopedic appliance forces to modulate bone growth, or by orthognathic surgery, through the surgical repositioning of jaw segments. However, the management of these patients with dentofacial deformities during their growth presents a challenging problem for both orthodontists and surgeons. One of the conundrums that makes it difficult to choose a treatment modality for such problem is the patients’ age, because there is no absolute agreement regarding the age limits on orthopedic therapy or orthognathic

In patients whose initial malocclusion results from the pattern of the skeletal growth, the continuation of growth could be problematic, because the skeleton continues growing in the same pattern and the same direction, which cannot be altered by an orthodontic or orthopedic treatment. The transverse growth is completed first, followed by the anterior-posterior and the vertical growth, which means that, in the long-term, the anterior-posterior and the vertical growth are clinically more problematic than the transverse growth, for instance, a comprehensive orthodontic treatment is carried out as soon as the permanent teeth are in place, and the duration of such a type of treatment is typically 18-30 months. This means that the active treatment