ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Orthos, that is correct, straight, and odus, odontos, that is tooth: literally orthodontics means correct teeth, straight teeth. Orthodontics is the branch of dentistry that corrects the extremities of the face, mouth and teeth: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment, it deals with the abnormalities of the position of the teeth and of the relationships between the dentary arches and the jaw bones; its goal is not only to make the smile more harmonious, but above all the healthy and functional mouth, with a correct mastication, good oral hygiene. Following the evolutions of recent years, today the corrections take place mainly through a sequence of custom masks, which replaced the old metal luminaires: the new devices are transparent and allow, in the same time and with very little discomfort, to achieve a complete alignment of the teeth.
“The transparent orthodontic masks represent the evolution, indeed the revolution of recent years: they almost completely replaced the old metal luminaires. It was a wonderful idea, because they invented a much more comfortable and practical tool: there is no comparison with the devices we used to wear. The type and capacity of self-management has changed completely.” Maurizio Rosmarini, dentist with studio in Legnano, interviewed for Top Medicine, TV format of the news agency Italpress.
The ideal application of masks, he explains, “is on teenagers and in particular on the first teens: the corrective ability that these liners have is fueled a lot by growth. Adults work very well, with slightly longer times, while children are more complicated for two reasons: the first is that a complete collaboration is necessary, the second that there are now many functional educators who can correct a defect when this is intercepted early during growth; I refer to the rubber devices that mainly use the French, which have a corrective ability absolutely elevated in childhood”. A mouth with regular, balanced and harmonic conformation, according to Rosmarini, “consistent a certain type of chewing, breathing, phoning and walking. Corrections can be done at any age: while a time to correct the inesthetics it was necessary to apply even more unsighted devices, now it can be corrected without anyone knowing: for those who have a life of relationship, to manage a change regarding the training of the mouth in a couple of months is fundamental.”.
Three tools that can allow children to defend themselves from caries: “The oral hygiene, which has now been metabolized by families but not by the state, which has done nothing since they no longer wash their teeth even in schools; food hygiene, because parents and pediatricians are much more careful and so-called junk food is eaten much less by children; functional hygiene, represented by a proper chewing and breathing.”.
The dentist concludes with a reflection on two elements: expenses to be incurred and the need for specific insurance. “Dental care is a very important cost for families, sometimes really unsustainable: at the same time it is a difficult condition to change now, because everyone is convinced that this is caused by an exaggerated cost of dental benefits; in fact, free professionals have many difficulties in managing their activities, so that monoprofessional structures are replaced by financial structures, i.e. the chains where they are produced industrially. The great change can only happen when there will be an insurance tool: prevention and protection have a preventive and very low cost, care has a high cost. I believe that the need to do therapies can only decrease: the apex was reached in the post-war period, when there was no minimum culture regarding prevention and management of cases not only orthodontics, but also dentists. Now the mentality has changed and the average cultural level has increased, so the situations have improved drastically: I think in the near future dentistry will be mainly insurance, prevention and maintenance”.
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