Which orthodontic-appliance do I need?

Every type of braces has its advantages and disadvantages. Be it in visibility, in application, in hygiene or even whether a malposition can be corrected at all with the desired braces. As individual as a patient is, the types of treatment in the field of orthodontics can be very different. A appliance that your neighbour has does not have to be suitable for you. It is now up to us specialists to tell you honestly with which appliance, which result can be achieved. We don't just sell you braces, but a type of treatment adapted to the patient with different possibilities. It is important to look at the patient as a whole, to recognise his biological limits and so that the treatment concept is perfectly matched for every patient individually.

Basically, we combine old and new treatment methods and means of treatment. Not everything that is new is automatically good and everything that has been used successfully for years is therefore bad.

This is one of the reasons why we are also specialized in 2nd-opinions and assessments.

Braces and Brackets

In our centre for orthodontics in Zug we offer you the whole range of orthodontic treatments. Here is a small list of the possible treatment methods followed by some examples of the treatments:

Removable Appliances:

Activatable Plates
Monoblock/Aktivatoren after Teuscher
Twinblocks
Fränkel-Appliances
Bionator
Headgear
Delairemask
and others .....

Fixed Appliances:

Diamond Brackets Roth System by Ormco^®
Damon Braces / Dental Braces (Orthodontic Treatment)
Damon Clear Keramikbrackets by Ormco^®
Damon System by Ormco^®
Goshgarian
Herbst Appliances
Rapid Maxillary Extension

Special treatments with:

Invisalign or other Alignersystems (look separate section)
Incognito (lingual Treatment)
Miniimplants (Miniscrews andPins)
Palatinalimplants by Straumann
Combined orthodontic-jaw surgery cases
Preprothetic Cases
Extractiontherapies

Example 1:
Forced dilation (palatal expansion) to transfer a lateral cross bite. This is the old method of appliance with conventional impression taking.

Left pictures before treatment, right pictures after treatment:

Example 2:
Forced palatial expansion appliance according to new method with intraoral scanner and fully adhered. This method is almost completely painless during treatment and can be used even in smaller children.

Left pictures before treatment, right pictures after treatment:

Example 3:
Cl.-II treatment ("distal bite") using a removable monoblock/headgear activator according to Teuscher ("night appliance").

Left pictures before treatment, right pictures after approx. 1 year of treatment:

Example 4:
Distal Bite (Cl. II), crowding and destroyed first molars in the upper jaw. 1st phase treatment: Monoblock/headgear activator for correction of the distal bite and removal of the first molars in the upper jaw and first premolars (in the lower jaw due to crowding. 2nd phase: Aligment of all teeth including wisdom teeth with braces (brackets).

Left pictures before treatment, right pictures after approx. 1 year of treatment:

Distalbiss, Engstand und zerstörte Stockzähne

Example 5:
Classical "approach after Hotz" and then braces: this means that teeth are gradually removed and space is made available so that nature itself can do as much as possible on its own. Here the 4 first premolars were removed. Treatment for approx. 3 years, but only approx. 1.5 years of this with fixed appliance.

Left pictures before treatment, right pictures after treatment:

Example 6:
Missing of 2 lateral anterior teeth and gap closure with the help of a palatinal implant. The canines become lateral anteriors and the 1st premolars become canines.

Left pictures before treatment, right pictures after treatment:

Example 7:
Left upper canine not properly erupting on the palate and a missing lower second premolar in the lower jaw. Aligment with surgical intervention, removal of 4 molars and fixes appliances.

Left pictures before treatment, right pictures after treatment:

Adult treatmen 1:
Treatment with incognito brackets. The treatment in the upper jaw took place invisibly at the back. The old crown was replaced before a retainer was applied.

Left pictures before treatment, right pictures after treatment:

Adult treatment 2:
Normal porcelain brackets only in the lower jaw, the upper jaw was only treated with Goshgarian and a fixed partial appliance on the right side. Strong cross bite on the right and gaps in the lower jaw. Upper front teeth had no treatment.

Left pictures before treatment, right pictures after treatment:

Adult treatment 3:
Normal porcelain brackets also only in the lower jaw, but with removal of a front tooth and then gap closure. In consultation with the general dentist the upper front teeth were then fitted with crowns.

On the left pictures before treatment, in the middle pictures after treatment, on the right pictures after construction of the anterior teeth:

Which orthodontic-appliance do I need?

Braces and Brackets

Example 1: Forced dilation (palatal expansion) to transfer a lateral cross bite. This is the old method of appliance with conventional impression taking.

Example 2: Forced palatial expansion appliance according to new method with intraoral scanner and fully adhered. This method is almost completely painless during treatment and can be used even in smaller children.

Example 3: Cl.-II treatment ("distal bite") using a removable monoblock/headgear activator according to Teuscher ("night appliance").

Example 6: Missing of 2 lateral anterior teeth and gap closure with the help of a palatinal implant. The canines become lateral anteriors and the 1st premolars become canines.

Example 7: Left upper canine not properly erupting on the palate and a missing lower second premolar in the lower jaw. Aligment with surgical intervention, removal of 4 molars and fixes appliances.

Adult treatmen 1: Treatment with incognito brackets. The treatment in the upper jaw took place invisibly at the back. The old crown was replaced before a retainer was applied.

Adult treatment 2: Normal porcelain brackets only in the lower jaw, the upper jaw was only treated with Goshgarian and a fixed partial appliance on the right side. Strong cross bite on the right and gaps in the lower jaw. Upper front teeth had no treatment.

Adult treatment 3: Normal porcelain brackets also only in the lower jaw, but with removal of a front tooth and then gap closure. In consultation with the general dentist the upper front teeth were then fitted with crowns.

Example 1:
Forced dilation (palatal expansion) to transfer a lateral cross bite. This is the old method of appliance with conventional impression taking.

Example 2:
Forced palatial expansion appliance according to new method with intraoral scanner and fully adhered. This method is almost completely painless during treatment and can be used even in smaller children.

Example 3:
Cl.-II treatment ("distal bite") using a removable monoblock/headgear activator according to Teuscher ("night appliance").

Example 6:
Missing of 2 lateral anterior teeth and gap closure with the help of a palatinal implant. The canines become lateral anteriors and the 1st premolars become canines.

Example 7:
Left upper canine not properly erupting on the palate and a missing lower second premolar in the lower jaw. Aligment with surgical intervention, removal of 4 molars and fixes appliances.

Adult treatmen 1:
Treatment with incognito brackets. The treatment in the upper jaw took place invisibly at the back. The old crown was replaced before a retainer was applied.

Adult treatment 2:
Normal porcelain brackets only in the lower jaw, the upper jaw was only treated with Goshgarian and a fixed partial appliance on the right side. Strong cross bite on the right and gaps in the lower jaw. Upper front teeth had no treatment.

Adult treatment 3:
Normal porcelain brackets also only in the lower jaw, but with removal of a front tooth and then gap closure. In consultation with the general dentist the upper front teeth were then fitted with crowns.