It is
hardly a secret to anyone that a big smile showing your teeth creates an
appearance of confidence, opens many doors, helps tackle difficult life
situation, and ultimately improves your own mood. However, many people are
reluctant to use this free and very effective tool in their everyday lives
because of incorrect dentition or other tooth anomalies. 

Not very
long ago, correcting misaligned teeth meant a lot of difficulty. However,
modern, comfortable and discreet treatments that open up new therapeutic
options for patients have appeared in recent years. 

Today,
with timely treatment, having straight, good-looking teeth since childhood,
without braces, is a reality! Specialists
at the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.zobufeja.lv/en/?utm_source=1188&amp;utm_medium=1188&amp;utm_campaign=1188&amp;utm_term=dentistry%20clinic&amp;utm_content=dentistry%20clinic">“Zobu
feja” clinic</a> would like to tell you about this gentle, yet effective
method: the orthodontic trainer. 

<h2>What is an orthodontic trainer?</h2>

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.zobufeja.lv/en/?utm_source=1188&amp;utm_medium=1188&amp;utm_campaign=1188&amp;utm_term=Orthodontics&amp;utm_content=Child%20dentistry">An orthodontic trainer</a> is an elastic silicon mouth tray that can
straighten the child’s growing teeth, and properly align permanent teeth when
they erupt. A trainer can help eliminate unhealthy habits, such as tongue or
thumb-sucking, or excess muscle pressure in the maxillofacial area, which leads
to incorrect dentition in children. The purpose of these devices is to
encourage a correct position of the tongue, and promote the use of the muscles
of the mouth, training them. In addition to creating correct dentition and
straightening teeth, the use of a trainer helps develop correct breathing
through the nose, and speech in children.

<h2>When does one need a trainer?</h2>

Your
child may be recommended an orthodontic trainer if the following indications
are observed:

<ul><li>Frontal teeth pressed against each other</li><li>Open occlusion</li><li>Distal occlusion</li><li>Bad habits: thumb-sucking, incorrect tongue
position when swallowing, speech problems.</li><li>Incorrect position of the lower jaw</li></ul>









Orthodontic trainers help deal with these
problems in early development, at a very young age when using braces is still impossible.

<h2>When should you begin using a trainer?</h2>

We
recommend starting orthodontic treatment with a trainer as soon as the child
starts losing their front baby teeth, which usually takes place at about the
age of five. 

It is
worth noting here that there are two periods in the development of a child’s
jaws: one, between the age of five and seven, when you can stimulate the jaws
to develop correctly, and it is easy to do (using a trainer), and two, between
the age of ten and twelve, and you can still adjust jaw development using
gentler methods. If you don’t handle the problems by that age, surgery may have
to be done later. 

<h2>How do you start using a trainer?</h2>

The
treatment begins with one dentist appointment, which includes a consult and a
panoramic radiograph (orthopantomogram). A correct-size trainer is selected
individually for every patient. The child and the parents are explained in
detail how to use and care for the trainer. Trainers have the advantage of
being standard items, with a broad range of sizes, which eliminates the need
for any additional dental visits to scan the jaws, or lab work.

<h2>What are the benefits of a trainer?</h2>

The main reason to use an orthodontic trainer
is the high success rate of the treatment: 90 percent, if started at an early age.

Also: 

<ul><li>You only have to wear a trainer for 2 hours a
day (when sleeping).</li><li>Trainers correct the upper and the lower jaw,
as well as occlusion, at the same time.</li><li>There are no eating restrictions.</li><li>Trainers do not obstruct oral hygiene.</li><li>The teeth align correctly as soon as they start
developing, and stay straight for your entire life.</li></ul>









<h2>Are there any contraindications to the use of a
trainer?</h2>

Using a
trainer is not indicated if the child has ORT disorders, because trainers
require breathing through the nose.

It is
also important to note that regular use is critical in achieving success with
this treatment. Because you can remove the trainer, the child can easily forget
to use it every day, and it is the parent’s duty to keep track of this. 

If you
see that you child’s growing teeth are misaligned, or there are a few baby
teeth left, contact us at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.zobufeja.lv/en/?utm_source=1188&amp;utm_medium=1188&amp;utm_campaign=1188&amp;utm_term=dentistry%20clinic&amp;utm_content=dentistry%20clinic">Zobu Feja</a>, and we will help the child get a beautiful
smile and straight teeth, as they sleep.

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Orthodontics

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