Help ensure a straight, aligned and beautiful smile with dental and orthodontic appliances.
The Forsus Fatigue Resistant Device is an alternative to headgear which promotes growth in adolescents, helps to eliminate excessive overbites, improves the fit of teeth, and possibly prevents the need for jaw surgery.
The palatal expander “expands” (or widens) your upper jaw by putting gentle pressure on your upper molars each time an adjustment is made. Your orthodontist will instruct you about when and how to adjust your expander. When you achieve the desired expansion, you will wear the appliance for several months to solidify the expansion and prevent regression.
Wearing elastics (or rubber bands) improves the fit of your upper and lower teeth. Wear the rubber bands as instructed, and remember they work far more efficiently if they’re worn as prescribed.
Separators are little rubber doughnuts that may be placed between your teeth to push them apart so orthodontic bands may be placed during your next appointment. The separators will be removed before we place the bands. Separators do not mix well with sticky foods, toothpicks, or floss.
Headgear is used to treat patients whose teeth are in an overbite, with the upper jaw forward of the lower jaw, or an underbite with the lower jaw forward of the upper jaw. Headgear gently “pulls” on your teeth to modify the position of your upper jaw, making it more in harmony with the position of the lower jaw. This is best done at a younger age (8-9) when the jaw bones are more malleable.
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