Once you have obtained the answers to your questions at the first consultation visit, treatment can be started fairly quickly if you wish. The diagnostic equipment necessary to complete the case study and treatment plan can often be taken at this first meeting if you wish. Thereafter, the “appliances” can be installed, most of the…
How to clean Invisalign® and compression gutters ? A recurring question in my patients treated with Invisalign® because according to patients, gutters do not get dirty in the same way and more quickly ! Here is the explanation and the action to take. Did you notice that your Invisalign® gutters are starting to become YELLOW…
From the age of 3, the child can consult a specialist : the opinion of a dentist is not an obligation, moreover many dentists think that orthodontics can only be performed when all the permanent teeth are in place, otherwise it will involve much longer and more complex treatments because the problem is getting worse….
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The decrease in the amount of bone (periodontitis) results in an acceleration of tooth movement caused by the forces generated by the function. This dental migration results in spaces for the front teeth, an increase in the overhang (distance between the maxillary (upper teeth) and mandibular (lower teeth) incisors seen from the side) and the…
Less effective and inexpensive treatments are obtained by manufacturing aligners® in prosthetic laboratories. In this case, the plaster model and manual cutting of the teeth on the plaster are still used. This technique has been used since the 1950s to make small dental movements and often requires many adjustment visits due to the lack of…
Patients are often disappointed to know that their treatment will last 1 to 2 years… or even longer in some cases. However, there is a way to shorten a treatment by 50% using corticotomies. Indeed, teeth do not move at the speed that the orthodontist wants, and “tightening” the stronger appliance will not move the…
Obviously if the periodontal problem is managed, Invisalign® is very indicated insofar as it allows the patient a good hygiene because of its removable nature, but above all it allows the periodontist dentist to easily monitor and intervene for a cleaning such as scaling or surfacing thus preserving the health of the periodontium.
No, that’s unlikely! Although growth helps in the correction of many types of problems, orthodontic intervention is also necessary to correct most dental malocclusions. Although growth helps the orthodontist to treat skeletal imbalances (jaw shifts), growth alone will not correct the problem. The use of orthodontic appliances during treatment allows the growth potential to be…