Crowding of the Teeth
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This patient started treatment at age of 11 and wore braces for 26 months. He loves his new smile.
Open Bite: Front Teeth Don't Touch
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Patient sucked her thumb as a young child. She started treatment at the age of 13. She had braces and a special appliance — called a Tongue Crib — to retrain the tongue, for 28 months. Now she can bite the lettuce out of a sandwich.
Deep Overbite: Lower Front Teeth Bite Into the Palate
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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.
Missing Lateral Incisors
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This patient's lateral incisors were congenitally missing. She had braces for 25 months to move the teeth into the correct position, then the missing teeth were replaced with restorations.
Underbite: Lower Front Teeth in Front of the Upper Teeth
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This patient's underbite was causing her jaw joint discomfort and excessive wear patterns on her teeth. After 30 months of treatment starting at the age of 32, she now finds smiling and chewing much easier.
Spacing of Teeth
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This 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.
Overbite: Protruding Front Teeth
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At the age of 10, this patient had a large overbite with the top teeth protruding beyond the bottom. She had two phases of treatment. The first helped her jaws to grow more harmoniously; the second aligned her teeth and bite. At the age of 13, she is proudly displaying her new smile.
Non-braces Treatment
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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.
Phase I
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This patient's parents were concerned about both esthetics and the health of the erupting permanent teeth when they brought him to the orthodontist at the age of 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, the patient's appearance and dental function was vastly improved.
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