Orthodontics
Straight Teeth and Great Smile with
Functional Orthopedic Orthodontics
Braces can give you a great smileFunctional orthopedic orthodontics emphasizes how the muscles, jaw joints and teeth affect one another. Proper meshing of the teeth to function in harmony with the jaw joints and muscles will allow the teeth to wear and function evenly, be stable and decrease any trauma to the surrounding, supporting bone. When the teeth, the jaw joints, and the muscles work in harmony, the teeth will wear and function evenly, and will decrease any trauma to the bones that support them.
Narrow dental arch forms are properly developed to a full contour, enhancing breathing and appearance. Narrow dental arches will be changed to a full contour that enhances breathing and appearance.
The "functional jaw orthopedic approach" is a very important approach that will help you achieve your goals of an improved profile and facial appearance, as well as the establishment of a proper joint position that ensures optimum TMJ health, appearance and comfort. The functional jaw orthopedic approach to your teeth will help you get and improved profile and facial appearance. It will also align your joints to insure that you have a comfortable TMJ.
With dental appliances, a proper tongue and jaw position is created to eliminate negative forces on the teeth. Our functional orthopedic orthodontic treatment involves aligning the upper and lower arches by use of appliance therapy, followed by aligning the individual teeth with braces.
The long-term results of this combined type of treatment, as opposed to using only standard braces, tend to be more esthetically pleasing, stable, and shortens treatment time. Crowded teeth with seemingly little space should certainly be properly evaluated to prevent permanent tooth extractions.
The long-term results of this combined type of treatment, as opposed to using only standard braces, tend to be more aesthetically pleasing, stable, and has a shorter treatment time. Crowded teeth should certainly be properly evaluated to prevent tooth extractions.
The combination of these two phases of treatment ensures beautiful faces, full lips, straight teeth and outstanding profiles. These are the principal components that all the leading clinicians of functional jaw orthopedics are teaching.
State of the art, Computerized Diagnostics, Functional Jaw Scans, and a Cephalometric Archial Analysis are all used before beginning treatment:
- to determine the proper jaw position
- to determine an optimal muscle length, function and comfort
- to identify a correct treatment end-point for proper tooth positioning