Orthodontics

What Is Orthodontics?
Orthodontics not only teeth, but also the diagnosis of disorders of the jaw and facial region, is a medical specialty that deals with the prevention and treatment. Our aim is to provide good dental crowding by correcting their aesthetic appearance, at the same time, biting, chewing and speaking functions such as the ideal is to make.

Causes Of Orthodontic Problems
It can be hereditary defects in teeth and jaw structure, depending on environmental factors may occur after. The main reasons are the following:

• Genetic Factors: Family features of the structure of the jaw (narrow jaw, front/back, jaw, etc.).
• Congenital Anomalies: Cleft lip and palate congenital conditions such as.
• Early Primary Tooth Loss: Due to early caries of milk teeth could not be protected.
• Harmful Habits: Thumb sucking, pacifier for a long time/bottle usage, nail biting.
• Functional Disorders: Making mouth breathing, incorrect swallowing (tongue thrusting).

You Should See Why Orthodontic Treatment?
Orthodontics is not only an aesthetic concern, not health care is a necessity. Untreated disorders can lead to bigger problems in the future.

• Function: Biting, chewing and speech functions can be reversed.
• Oral Hygiene: Properly aligned teeth are easier to clean; this reduces the risk of tooth decay and gum disease.
• Joint Health: The cause of temporomandibular disorders joint pains and the closing “kitirdama” sound avoids.
• Aesthetics and self-confidence: The face and teeth and lips become compliant with the patient's self-confidence increases.

What Is The Time Of The First Inspection?
Our experts first orthodontic check Around the age of 7 (upper and lower permanent incisors as they come in) recommends. But at the age of 5-6 thumb sucking, or if there are obvious problems such as shifting of the jaw should be examined without waiting.

Preventive and protective Treatments
Simple interventions in the early stages, in the future can prevent serious problems that require treatment or surgery tel:

• Placeholders: While maintaining the spacing of the milk teeth early, the permanent tooth to come in from the bottom prevents remain embedded in or perplexed.
• Habit Breaker Apparatus: Habits such as thumb sucking or swallowing disrupts the structure that is used to stop the incorrect jaw.
• Expansion Of The Jaw: The period of active growth (aged 9-14) skeletal strictures, can be easily fixed with a fixed or moving appliance.

In adults, treatment and orthognathic surgery
Orthodontic treatment can be applied at any age. However, the growth of the jaw completed (over 18 years old) individuals, the only treatment which cannot be corrected with the wire in violence skeletal disorders, orthognathic surgery (jaw surgery) and with the cooperation of orthodontics treatment.

The treatment process and stages

• 1. The Active-Treatment Phase: Braces or transparent plates (radio therapy) is fixed to the teeth by using the period.
• 2. Reinforcement (Protection) Phases: At the end of treatment to prevent corruption behind the back teeth of the teeth, invisible wires (retainers) that are applied to records or night is the most important step.