Orthodontics
Is a method of treatment, cosmetic, and a type of dental treatments, which is used to correct the course of teeth in the jaw or both jaws, and depends on the duration of treatment for orthodontics, the nature of the condition of the patient suffering, the patient may be infected with the exit of teeth from their natural place, Or the accumulation of them on top of each other, and usually the time period for the treatment of orthodontics between one to five years as the latest estimate, and uses orthodontics in the treatment of permanent teeth, that appears after the fall of the teeth, and may appear irregularly on its own, or if Tampered with the tongue, which Y The cause of the problems, may lead to the inability to hold the jaws on each other.
The orthodontic device is composed of a metal wire, which is placed on the teeth that have a satisfactory problem. It is fixed with metal supports and is attached to a custom rubber. The orthodontist confirms that the calendar has been fully installed so that it can treat the injured teeth in the jaw. To bring them back to their proper place.
Types of orthodontics
Orthodontic group of species, and used by the physician in the treatment of the patient, based on the nature of the condition of the disease suffered in the teeth, and these types:
- Fixed Calendar: It is the most commonly used type of orthodontic, which depends on the installation of the calendar firmly on the jaw that has a problem in the teeth.
- Mobile Calendar: This type of calendar is used in the treatment of moderate conditions, which do not require much time to restore the state of teeth to normal, called the motor, for the possibility of removal and re-placement by the patient.
Relieve pain of the calendar
The patient who uses the orthodontist for the first time or after the treatment sessions suffers from pain due to the orthodontic period due to the lack of acceptance of the gums or teeth for the sudden change that occurred. The patient may lose his appetite for food during the first period of treatment. His food is easy, and there are a variety of ways to help alleviate the pain of the calendar, including:
- Analgesics: At the beginning of the treatment, the patient feels a headache and a pain in the gums. The orthodontist recommends a pain reliever, such as paracetamol, which helps alleviate the pain caused by the metal used to stabilize the orthodontist , Especially in the case of a fixed calendar, which is initially shown on four cylindrical metals placed on the last tooth in each decoder.
- Using tooth wax: There is a type of medical wax, used in the treatment of teeth, relieve the pain of the calendar, and placed on the orthodontic device in the event of scratching the soles of the mouth, or gum injury, and helps to make the patient temporarily get rid of pain; because this type of wax is not used when eating , But harmless if swallowed, and use the appropriate amount of wax to be placed on the place that causes pain in the jaw, wax must be switched; it is used only once, it can be obtained from the orthodontist, or from pharmacies.
- Removal of metal plaits: Sometimes, the orthodontist may not notice that there are metal follicles, when the metal wire that connects the teeth is changed to reduce its size, in order to better combine teeth. The doctor and patient must make sure that they do not feel any pain as a result For any metal appendages, before leaving the doctor’s office.
- Eat some foods with caution: There are some types of food that cause the pain of the calendar, because of the need to force chewing in order to be able to eat, or chewing gum, and these foods: nuts of all kinds, and chewing gum, and some types of sweets, and the patient to break them or fragmentation, And should be used with frankincense teeth, so be careful when eating some foods, so as not to cause any type of pain, which may sometimes damage the orthodontic device, and calls for the intervention of the doctor to be treated again.