Adjustment
An evaluation of your progress where your wires may be changed to keep your treatment on track and moving forward. |
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Banding
The process of cementing orthodontic bands to your teeth. |
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Bonding
The process of attaching brackets to your teeth using a special safe adhesive. |
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Cephalometric X-Rays
An x-ray of the head that shows if your jaws and teeth are aligned and growing properly. |
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Consultation
A meeting with your treatment coordinator and your orthodontist where they discuss your treatment plan. |
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Debonding
The removal of cemented orthodontic brackets. |
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Impressions
The first step in making a model of your teeth. You bite into a container filled with a rubber type material, and that material hardens to produce a mold of your teeth. |
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Interceptive Treatment
Orthodontic treatment that is usually done between the ages of 6 and 10. The objective of interceptive treatment is to provide orthopaedic intervention, so that later orthodontic treatment goes quicker and is less painful. |
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Ligation
The process of attaching an archwire to the brackets on your teeth. |
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Panoramic X-Rays
An x-ray taken by a machine that rotates around your head to give your orthodontist a picture of your teeth, jaws and other important information. |
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Photographs
Facial and intraoral photographs will be taken throughout treatment. |
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Records
These records, which include cephalometric and panoramic x-rays, digital photos and study models, determine what treatment needs to be done. |
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Wax Bite
A procedure to measure how well your teeth come together. You bite a sheet of wax and leave bite marks in it. This helps the orthodontist relate the upper and lower models of your teeth together. |
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