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Dentofacial Aesthetics: A treatment that can change lives

Dentofacial Aesthetics: A treatment that can change lives

Edited by: TOP DOCTORS® at 10/10/2023

The Disharmonies Jaws can be of three types: Vertical, anteroposterior and Trasversos. This involves having long faces, or be prognathous jaws patients ahead of the maxilla, or laterogancias or asymmetries, when the jaw is going somewhere.

The Disharmonies Jaws can be of three types: Vertical, anteroposterior and Trasversos

Dr. José Luis Molina Moguel

Dentofacial disharmonies involve alterations in the growth and development of various parts of the face and jaw, teeth and soft tissues, same as may be genetic-hereditary or acquired.

Desarmonias JAW: These are manifested in three levels:

1. VERTICAL: As long faces, gummy smile looks much where the upper jaw when the patient laughs, or short sides where there are teeth when he smiles. Underbites also sometimes be a finger between his teeth.

2. anteroposterior: As prognathous patients, jaw is ahead of the maxilla, or retrognatas jaws (birdlike face) jaw does not grow, this also happens in the maxilla or bulging or does not grow much.

3. TRASVERSOS: In these cases we see ASYMMETRIES face or laterognacias, as when the jaw is to one side. And there may be combination of all 3 planes.

4. TEETH: When the jaws are disharmonious, teeth adapt to this deformity and erupcionar try to contact the best possible and to function as best they can (eat).

5. THE PROFILE AND FACE: If the jaws and teeth do not grow well this affects the soft tissues (face and profile).

The problems of dentofacial disharmonies are presented in different extent:

  • masticatory function
  • Facelift
  • Emotive (how attractive AM)

The emotional part is where the patient suffers a psychological involvement, because although there are people who can adapt to certain disharmonies, there are some who can not live their lives properly, directly affecting their self - esteem.

Some considerations:

Treatment of dentofacial disharmonies

Most important in the treatment of these alterations is to make an excellent DIAGNOSIS

Subsequently the treatment plan will:

INITIAL PREPARATION FOR SURGICAL ORTHODONTICS

ORTHOGNATHIC UNDER ANESTHESIA GENERAL SURGERY IN HOSPITAL

FINAL ORTODONCIA

 

In cases of early diagnosis between 6 to 12 years with treatment can be ORTHOPEDIC JAW can avoid surgery.

Life change

IF AS WELL

And I look good

I FEEL VERY GOOD

We know that young people who have this type of deformities have to go through many obstacles to their parents understand them , but what is a fact is that undergo a process of this type, you can change the life of a patient getting better relations with family, at work and in life in general.

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