Childhood Orthodontics


We give extreme importance to the orthodontic diagnosis, meaning the recordings performed before treatment in order to establish the specific problem of the patient and therefore to estimate the best treatment. The orthodontic diagnosis can be considered complete only after the elaboration of a comprehensive list of the patient's problems and the distinction between pathological problems and development problems (in the child). As a consequence, an orthodontic strategy will be adopted that can offer the patient the maximum possible benefits and the minimum of risks and costs.



INTERCEPTIVE ORTHODONTICS 


Interceptive orthodontics is an important tool in the hands of a professional, as it is able to detect skeletal disorders early and reduce the extent of the subsequent orthodontic treatment, or even prevent it.
It provides treatments at an early age, between 7 and 10 years, during the most active stages of facial skull growth and dental exchange. These interventions are aimed at removing the factors responsible for the dental malocclusion and restoring normal growth of the jaws, making possible a correct, aesthetic and functional dental alignment.

Interceptive orthodontics may not lead to complete resolution of malocclusion, but it provides a solid basis for a more harmonious growth of the dento-skeletal complex, decreasing the severity of the problem and making the next therapeutic phase easier, shorter and more bearable for the growing patient. Preventing malocclusions in advance, intercepting them at the right time, very often avoids, in the future, more drastic and invasive choices such as dental extractions or orthodontic surgical solutions at the end of growth.


MIOFUNCTIONAL ORTHODONTICS

Functional removable devices (dedicated, that is, for correction of functions) are responsible for rebalancing the muscle function that determines and directs growth, stimulating weak muscle groups and inhibiting strong ones, thus allowing the jaws to develop symmetrically and proportionately, and creating the space for the teeth to be able to lodge naturally in the arches.
The devices that are used generally act simultaneously on both the arches. Their action is mainly carried out on the muscles and only indirectly on the teeth (direction of muscle activity and conditioning of development and growth).


CLASSIC ORTHODONTICS

By means of braces, or attachments (metallic, resin or ceramic) positioned on the teeth, a fixed method is utilized, with the aim of realigning the dental elements present in the arch reaching the best possible occlusion. The opportunity to use one or the other technique, or a combination thereof, depends on the diagnosis made by the initial visit.

THE "DOUBLE Parking" OF TEETH: CONCERN FOR PARENTS

A major concern for parents is represented by the simultaneous presence of permanent teeth and milk teeth (which do not fall). This condition is not at all dangerous for permanent teeth, which sooner or later will be placed in their final location, giving the last push to milk teeth, which will fall permanently. Except for rare occasions, there is no need to traumatize the child by anticipating this natural process with annoying dental extractions.


Here is a classic example of contemporary milk teeth and permanent teeth. This situation always worries parents a lot.

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