STRAIGHTEN THE TEETH IN FOUR TO TEN MONTHS
FOR THE 6 TO 12 YEAR OLD CHILD
WITHOUT THE NEED FOR BRACES
Occlus-o-Guide® - The Occlus-o-Guide® is a soft plastic device, designed for the 6 to 12 year old child containing sockets arranged in such a way that when the patient exercises with the appliance, the teeth are moved or guided into an ideal occlusion (ideal position). The child provides these orthopedic forces by exercising or biting down into the appliance for a minute, and then relaxing for a half minute. These periods should total approximately 3 to 4 hours a day and while sleeping. Problems such as overbite, overjet and crowding or spacing are corrected by means of orthopedic forces which favorably alter jaw growth and jaw relations. As the adult teeth begin to erupt, they are guided into the sockets of the soft plastic pliable appliance. The active treatment period lasts from 4 to 10 months. When the correction has been obtained, the patient's exercise time will be reduced gradually until the appliance is worn only one night a week as a retainer.
Occlus-o-Guide® - "G" Series
The Occlus-o-Guide® appliance guides erupting posteriors into a perfect relationship and is designed to correct jaw discrepancies, molar relations, rotations, overbite, overjet and crowding. The "G" Series is available in 13 sizes.
The Occlus-o-Guide® can be used:
- In most non-extraction malocclusion cases whose permanent canines and bicuspids are beginning to erupt.
- To correct a vertical overbite problem of any severity.
- To correct a horizontal overjet problem of any severity.
- To correct posterior crossbites in the bicuspid area.
- To correct maxillary and mandibular incisal rotations.
- To level severe curves of Spee.
- Can be used in combination with fixed appliances.
- To correct severe labio-lingually positioned maxillary and mandibular incisors.
- Mostly used in 6-12 year olds but can also be used to correct minor malocclusions in adults.
- Can be used to correct most TMJ problems where an excessive overbite and overjet exists.
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