Innovative Orthodontics

French Federation of Orthodontists meeting Nov. 9-10/23 - two presentations

Detailed orthodontic finishing in our office

Tiziano Baccetti and John Voudouris presenting, both Maxillary and Mandibular (upper and lower jaw) growth modifications with Functional Appliances at the AMOM meeting in the region of Ixtapa, Mexico.

In open bites, Tongue Stars are applied to remind the tongue to retract for rapid open bite correction. With Aligners Tongue Stars are made of lingual attachment protrusions then punctured creating shards to remind the tongue to retract. Aligner Bite Blocks are made with attachments in the upper and lower central grooves from first premolar to second molar to further intrude the posterior teeth used with Aligner Tongue Stars and Aligner Cut-Outs for box-pattern elastics to correct open bites.