Ortodoncia girona, Endodòncia Girona, Implants Girona

It is the specialty that aims to correct the position of the teeth and control the growth of the jaws with the aim of not only achieving correct dental alignment, but also restoring the functional balance of the mouth and improve facial harmony.

Before starting the orthodontic treatment, we carry out a study of the patient's functional, dental and aesthetic problems. The orthodontic study is essential to be able to offer the best individualized treatment plan. The orthodontist must dedicate time to analyze each case and obtain a complete diagnosis. The registers we use are:

- Intraoral photographs
- Frontal and profile photos (at rest and natural smile)
- Digital models of the mouth made with the intraoral scanner
- Two x-rays: orthopantomography and teleradiography
- Complementary tests such as the dental TAC according to the case

Invisible orthodontics

Invisible orthodontics is an aesthetic orthodontic system for those people who need to align their teeth, but who for personal or professional reasons want their appliances to be invisible. For this, a sequence of transparent aligners are used that gradually correct the position of the teeth. A big advantage is that you can take them off to eat or brush your teeth, which offers greater comfort and hygiene.

The aligners are manufactured individually for each patient based on digital planning carried out by Dr. Cristina Barroso.

Children's orthodontics

When do we recommend making the first visit with the orthodontist?

We recommend the first visit with the orthodontist around the age of 6. At this age and even earlier we can detect bad habits such as mouth breathing, finger and pacifier sucking, bad placement of the tongue... Early diagnosis will prevent future problems in the growth of the jaws.

The great advantages of children's orthodontics are:
· Improve the malposition of the teeth by avoiding more complex and longer treatments in the future
· Promote a correct symmetrical growth of the maxilla
· Improve the child's breathing in cases where we perform an expansion of the palate
· Improve multiple functions such as speech and mastication

Case 1. Before-after a palate expansion treatment performed on a 7-year-old girl.

Case 2. Before-after a palate expansion treatment performed on a 8-year-old boy.

Orthodontics with damon brackets

Another option for aligning the teeth is using the braces. There are several types of braces:
· Traditional braces: use rubbers to hold the arches
· Damon self-ligating braces: they don't need rubbers to hold the arches

At Clínica Barroso we use Damon braces because they offer us a number of advantages over traditional braces. Using a high-quality bracket and technology allows us to:
· An improvement in facial aesthetics by creating a wider smile
· Greater comfort for the patient as smoother movements of the teeth occur. The forces are less noticeable
· Decrease in the accumulation of bacteria by not wearing rubber bands around the braces, and consequently better dental hygiene

Case 3. Before-after an orthodontic treatment performed with Damon braces

Complex cases treated with miniscrews

Occlusion is the correct relationship between the upper and lower teeth. Some functions such as speech and chewing can be affected due to a malocclusion.

Sometimes to solve certain malocclusions it is necessary to use more complex techniques and therefore specific knowledge about this type of treatment. One of these techniques is the use of miniscrews. These are small fixations that we place temporarily in the maxillary and mandibular bones. Its function is to generate additional forces in order to achieve more precise movements of the teeth.

Orthodontics combined with maxillofacial surgery

It is the orthodontic modality for adult patients who have already finished growing and who present a severe malocclusion in which position of the maxillary bones must be modified.

With orthodontics, we first position the teeth correctly in the maxilla and jaw, and then with surgery, the bones are placed correctly in order to achieve a good gearing of the teeth, in addition to improving aesthetics facial and masticatory function.