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Types of malocclusion
Basic principles of orthodontic treatment at our clinic
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conservative orthodontic treatment
The treatment policy for orthodontic treatment is based on conservative orthodontic treatment.
This can be solved by using a dental orthodontic appliance to properly expand an underdeveloped jaw due to an imbalance in the size of the teeth and jaw, and then moving the teeth.We believe that it is important to preserve teeth as much as possible, and we treat based on this, so treatment without extraction is a major premise.
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Patient-driven treatment choices
However, if the teeth are twisted or rotated, or if multiple teeth need to be moved in three dimensions in different directions, treatment is performed using shape memory alloy wires.
Each treatment method has its advantages and disadvantages.
We aim to combine each of these treatments to determine the treatment that each patient desires.
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Treatment tailored to your lifestyle
The operating and wearing conditions of the dental prosthesis are set according to the patient's living and social environment.
If you do not move the screws on the device or do not wear it for the specified time, the treatment will never be completed.
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Good teeth alignment means good facial appearance
Patients who require orthodontic treatment have underdeveloped maxilla and mandible, which make up the face.
In other words, problems with dental alignment are not just related to the teeth, but also contribute greatly to facial atrophy.
"Good teeth alignment" is an issue that leads to "good facial appearance."
We don't believe that simply improving the alignment of your teeth is enough.
I believe that a dentist's job is to make patients look good, and I treat them accordingly.
Treatment options
The device is similar to dentures and is easy for even young children to use.
It expands the atrophied jaw to the correct size and moves the teeth into the correct position.
Q&A
When is the best time to start treatment?
From birth until age six, your child's face changes every year.
During this period, the jaw did not develop properly, causing the teeth to become misaligned and the jaw to atrophy.
From the age of 11, when they enter the fifth grade of elementary school, their face begins to change again.
He says that it is important to correct facial development that has not occurred by the age of six by the age of ten, and to allow the face to develop on its own in order to be able to run races from the age of eleven.
The goal of treatment is not just to align the teeth.
Correct chewing stimulation is necessary for a good facial development. We believe that the goal of orthodontic treatment is to mechanically correct underdeveloped jaws by the age of 10, and then to create a "good facial shape" through the child's own chewing stimulation from the age of 11 onwards.
Problems with crooked teeth are not simply a matter of the jaw and teeth.
This is an important issue that will affect the shape of your face for the rest of your life, and the time to start treatment is when you feel something is wrong.
If you just wait and see, the child's face will remain underdeveloped and atrophied, so if you feel something is wrong, don't just wait and see; start treatment early.
How to avoid going back?
After treatment, your teeth may move back into their original position.
There are two important periods to avoid going back.
First stage: After the teeth have been moved, they need to be retained until the bone around the roots has hardened.
The bedside appliance will be left in place for approximately six months. The appliance will only be worn at night.
You may also be required to wear a retainer.
In the second stage (permanent stage), the cause may be improper chewing function, poor oral posture, or a relapse of bad habits. Even after treatment is completed, regular checkups of the occlusion are necessary.
Dentists and patients often think that teeth are misaligned, but when you consider the body's functions, misaligned teeth are actually a way of maintaining balance in the body to accommodate misaligned functions.
Even if you only correct the alignment of your teeth, if the poor function remains, your teeth will return to their original bad alignment.
This is called backtracking. Don't be satisfied with just the appearance. You should also correct any improper functions to prevent the alignment of your teeth from reverting.
The basic principle is to develop and maintain chewing function without relying on devices.
Even if the teeth appear to be aligned properly, if the function is not restored, the teeth will return to their original alignment. The actual treatment is complete when the function has been restored using the occlusor, or when the function has progressed to a more stable stage.
Do you also do wire repairs?
The basis of treatment is to expand the underdeveloped jaw to the correct size.
The key is to train to strengthen the weak biting force that has been reduced by reducing the size of the jaw, and to maintain a good mouth posture that will give you a "good face."
Although it is used as a supplementary treatment using wires, the disadvantage of flat orthodontics is that it can only move the jaw and teeth in one direction. The advantage of wire orthodontics using shape memory alloys is that it can move all teeth in three dimensions to the correct position. If treatment is started early, there will be less misalignment of the teeth, so there is less chance of using wires.