The recommendations of the dentist before treatment using the apparatus

Why put it on your teeth?

The teeth "crooked" is much more difficult to clean and to the long run more frequently to cavities and gum problems that can lead to their loss. The failure to fit between the teeth of both arches can lead to excessive occlusal surface, a stress of the gums and bone supporting the teeth, chewing inefficiency and frequent headaches with possible involvement temporomandibolari joints. Orthodontic treatment at the end is certainly less costly than the possible cures to remedy the problems created by an orthodontic malocclusion. For many, however, a beautiful smile is the best gift dell'ortodonzia. After treatment, it is acquired more self-confidence.

Who's taking care of your child? Who is a dentist who is an orthodontist?

E 'common opinion that the technique Orthodontics is more specialized and "difficult" in dentistry, requires years of study (the School of Specialization it takes 3) and at least 10 years of experience to form a good orthodontist. The American Association of Orthodontics says: who and 'an orthodontist? E 'a dentist who has done well to do dental school, an accredited School of Specialization in Orthodontics lasting 2 or 3 years.

The orthodontic appliance may have serious consequences for the health of your mouth children. For this reason it is good to rely on an orthodontist and serious preparation.

Almost all dental offices is a dentist who takes care of Orthodontics and care would be the "children", making for this, among the people, "specializing in children", the true specialist, however, is not only a dentist but also holds the Diploma of Specialization in Orthodontics and very few in Italy. Suffice it to say that in Pisa, our cities, we are only three in front of a few hundred dentists who offer equipment for children.

Who are the abusers?

In more dramatic situations, those who exercise Orthodontics, may even be a fake doctor, with untold risks to health. Feel free to check .... and remember that the law provides you with all means to achieve a complete compensation of the spent and damages suffered. The Studio is working in this direction and with very good results with Studio Legale Avv F. Gualtieri di Pisa. (Federicagualtieri@interfree.it )

What happens abroad?

Abroad who are not involved in orthodontics is the dental specialist, but the orthodontist, the dentist sends specialists to patients who need orthodontic treatment. In Italy, however, all the dental practice will organize itself and to treat orthodontic patients called dentists from outside and that only rarely are specialists in Orthodontics, more often than are dentists who do not have the Orthodontics Following a specific school, with results that can be imagined.

You should take a cure? My child is in care for four years now.

Orthodontic care is not a precise term and depending on if you can attend a treatment that lasts longer than usual. However, it is good to know that a good orthodontist, and updated with experience on the shoulders, ending the more complex cases in about two years. If treatment instead respect to young children, from 6 to 9 years, the treatment was called early and lasts for 1 year to 1 year and a half.

How should I go to the dentist to "register" the unit?

An expert orthodontist, check their patients once a month, there may be periods of special care as they check once every 15 days, but they are only temporary. Rather, we must be wary of too much control close together in time, every two weeks, routine or even every week.

How can I judge whether those who care is a good orthodontist?

Some of the best orthodontists in Italy have a specialty abroad, the United States, however, you must make sure that before you begin treatment, your orthodontist did make two radiographs (teleradiografia and panoramic), has carried out all the photos of the mouth and face and took fingerprints.

All this material must first be studied and analyzed dall'Ortodontista in all its aspects (Study Case) and only then should lead to a written plan (treatment plan) with all stages of therapy until its end, including the estimated duration of the organization, all this must happen before the start of therapy. Be wary of who starts a treatment without completatato each of these preliminary stages, it should be half of your health or that of your children.

And 'better care with mobile devices or Fixed?

The modern orthodontics involves the use of fixed appliances (brackets). Only in certain cases and for a short period of therapy, you should make use of mobile devices. Once mobile devices were the most used but their results are often doubtful and better dissemination of knowledge dell'Ortodonzia, made them fall into disuse. In the United States have practically disappeared.

The Pediatrician me told not to start the treatment because my child to have milk teeth.

The age for a first orthodontic visit is 5 years. Children who begin the treatment at this age, however, are only a minority, with very serious problems (III classes eg.). Most will be postponed if the care is necessary, to 7 -8 years. This is the best age for treatment of early or first phase, which brings the best benefits in terms of successes and processing time. Usually these treatments end in about a year. Then follow the growth of the young patient and only in rare cases it is a therapy of second phase at a dental exchange occurred (12 years).

My dentist is in favor of a cure only in the second phase (after 11-12 years) and says that early treatment (7-8 years) always follows a second phase and so the total time of care lengthens

Dr. Pedetta is strongly in favor of early treatment, Phase I and its patients, during this first phase, are treated so as to avoid having to address the second.
Only very few, about 2-3%, will have completed the treatment with a Phase II. This is a huge advantage in terms of timing and quality of care achieved.
Do you think the International Congress of the Italian Society of Orthodontics, given in November 2006, yet there was talk of early therapy and treatment of Stage II, as concatenated and strength necessary for both. Ask our patients the benefits of an early type of therapy that is practiced in our study.