INTERCEPTIVE ORTHODONTICS
ORTHODONTICS WITH NAME AND SURNAME FOR MANY ORTHODONTICS: AMPARO LACASA
Interceptive orthodontics is the type of orthodontics that is placed in girls and boys with milk teeth or mixed dentition and that guides the teeth and the jaw bone, with fixed or removable appliances, towards a position suitable These treatments seek to guide and correct maxillary growth and, therefore, choosing the right time to do them is key.
The purposes of interceptive orthodontics are:
1.- Guide the growth of the jaw bones.
2.- Create space to guide the eruption of the permanent teeth and improve their position.
3.- Correct bad habits that, if they persist, can create dental malocclusions and bone malformations, such as finger sucking (doing the pipe).
4.- Reduce, simplify and, sometimes, avoid orthodontic treatments with brackets at older ages.
5.- Reduce the need to perform dental extractions.
6.- Avoid orthognathic or corrective surgery.
