Crowding of the teeth |
| Patient started treatment at age
eleven and wore braces for 26 months. He loves his new smile. |
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Openbite: Front teeth don't touch |
Patient sucked her thumb as a
young child. She started treatment at age 13. She had braces and
a special appliance — called a crib — to retrain the tongue, for
28 months. Now she can bite the lettuce out of a sandwich.
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Deep overbite: Lower front teeth bite into palate |
This adult patient, age 25,
required braces and jaw surgery to correct his severe overbite,
with treatment taking two years. His problem could have been
corrected without surgery if he had been treated before he was a
teenager.
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Missing lateral incisors |
This patient's lateral incisors
were congenitally missing. She had braces for 20 months to move
the teeth into the correct position, then the missing teeth were
replaced with bonded "Maryland" bridges.
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Underbite: Lower front teeth in front of upper teeth |
Patient's underbite was causing
her jaw joint discomfort and excessive wear patterns on her
teeth. After 30 months of treatment starting at age 32, she now
finds smiling and chewing much easier.
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Spacing of teeth |
Patient was bothered by the spaces
between his teeth. Braces closed the spaces and gave him an
ideal bite in 24 months. Special glued-in retainers help keep
the spaces closed.
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Overbite: Protruding front teeth |
At age 10, patient had a big
overbite with the top teeth protruding beyond the bottom. She
had two phases of treatment. The first helped her jaws to grow
more harmoniously and the second aligned her teeth and bite. At
age 13, she was proudly displaying her new smile.
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Non-braces treatment |
Sometimes braces are not needed to
get noticeable improvements in tooth alignment. This patient was
first seen at age seven for crowding of the lower permanent
teeth. A procedure was performed to reduce the width of the
adjacent baby teeth and the permanent incisors aligned on their
own in nine months.
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Phase I |
Patient's parents were concerned
about both aesthetics and the health of the erupting permanent
teeth when they brought him to the orthodontist at age eight.
The lower front teeth were crowded and they touched the palate,
and the upper front teeth were extremely displaced from their
normal positions. After 20 months of Phase I treatment with an
expander and partial braces, patient's appearance and dental
function was vastly improved.
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