Commonly, Dr Thomas & Powaybraces are asked to correct Protruding upper front teeth. There are many causes of this particular condition; most commonly are small lower jaws, excessive thumb habits, or a variety of other issues affecting the front to back growth of the jaws.
When patients have these situations, various treatment options have been used to correct this type of bite: Headgear, Herbst appliances, Extractions, Pendulum, Wilson, Bionator, Activator, and many more. The last two years, I've been using an appliance called a Carriere Distalizer – and its proven to be clinically absolutely amazing and efficient at correcting bite problems where the upper front teeth stick out in front of the lower.
PLEASE check out the following web site and watch the video animation that demonstrates how the Carriere Distalizer works – it’s really quite impressive!! My patients have experienced this effect and correction every single time its been used & I'm now using it much more often because of how comfortable it is for my patients.
Another great benefit is that its able to reduce the total amount of time our patients actually have to have braces on their teeth! A typical orthodontic patient requires 18-24 months of braces. With this approach, the first 6-8 months deal with bite correction WITHOUT any braces on the teeth at all!! This means the actual amount of time in braces for this type of bite is reduced to 12-18 rather than much longer. Occasionally, Dr Thomas is able to correct a patients bite entirely using this appliance, avoiding the use of braces altogether. Another option is to use this appliance followed by the use of Clear aligners - again avoiding the use of braces for some of our patients.
Watch the link below to see how this particular device corrects bites which were extremely difficult to fix in the past.
http://carrieresystem.com/distalizer.php
