RATOATH
ORTHODONTICS
ORTHODONTICS
Beautiful smiles for all ages
We will begin to see patients in the order that they were cancelled from Monday May 18th, 2020. Due to social distancing requirements we shall obviously see patients at a much lesser volume.
For everyone's health and wellbeing, we are implementing an all-encompassing back-to-work protocol for safe practice.
Even though some children may benefit from early treatment, the optimal age to treat most children is about 11-12 years of age, that is, at the end of the mixed dentition when most of the permanent teeth have erupted. Commencing treatment at this age which is around the time of pre-pubertal growth spurt may enhance jaw growth and optimise your orthodontic result.
In teenagers, we generally use fixed appliances also called train-tracks (plain metal or with colours). Sometimes, train tracks are supplemented by removable appliances.
Recently we have started to use Invisalign Teen which is Invisalign for teenagers.
