Children's dental mouth guards

The orthodontic trainer can be used in children with milk and removable bite. The main feature of this device is its functional orientation – In addition to a small correction of the position of the teeth, the trainer effectively affects the formation of nasal breathing, the correct position of the tongue and lips, eliminates the bad habits of putting the tongue between the teeth, sucking fingers and other objects..

How does the device work?

The silicone double-jaw mouthpiece has pads for the upper and lower dentition, a tongue flap and a lip bumper. When a child puts on a mouth guard, the teeth fall into special recesses, and the jaw is fixed in the correct position. The tongue barrier does not allow it to be between the teeth, which prevents the development of an open bite, and the correct position of the tongue near the palate contributes to the development of the upper jaw in length and width. The lip bumper ensures proper lip tone and closure, helps to get rid of bad habits such as finger sucking and mouth breathing.

In difficult clinical situations, the trainer is used as a pre-orthodontic preparation (stage 1) for treatment with braces or aligners in the future, with a permanent bite (stage 2). The device eliminates bad habits, promotes the harmonious development of the jaws and proper teething, but does not provide perfect evenness of permanent teeth and does not correct pronounced malocclusion pathologies.

What types of trainers are there?

Orthodontic trainers exist in several standard versions. They differ in size, stiffness, and frame, and may have pads for the entire dentition or separate cells for each tooth. The orthodontist selects the size and a specific model depending on the clinical case (LM activator, Myobrace Starter, Myobrace NoCore, Elastopositioner corrector, etc.)

When is the trainer scheduled?

• bad habits (sucking your finger and other objects, breathing through your mouth, putting your tongue between your lips, etc.)

• small crowding

• slight narrowing of the dentition

• reverse incisor overlap

• palatal or vestibular position of individual teeth

• Stage 1 of orthodontic treatment

Trainer use is contraindicated in case of nasal breathing disorders due to ENT pathologies (chronic runny nose, tonsilitis, etc.)

What is the wearing mode?

The device must be worn regularly and daily. The trainer should be worn at night, and during the day it is enough to wear the appliance for 2-3 hours, for example, when doing homework or watching TV. At first the appliance may press a little on the teeth or fall out of the mouth at night, but with regular wear the adaptation comes quickly enough – after a week the trainer will not cause any problems and unpleasant sensations. The trainer should not be chewed while wearing it and should not be spoken to – this can deform the construction of the mouth guard and its effects will be unpredictable.

Care of the device

The appliance should be rinsed under running water every time after use, and the mouth guard should be washed with soap and water once a week. The main thing is not to use very hot water and hard brushes, as this can damage the silicone material of the trainer and cause it to deform.

Aligners are a set of transparent plastic caps that are made individually using virtual modeling. After taking impressions or digital scanning of teeth, a 3D model of the dentition is created in the laboratory and it is planned to move each tooth. This allows you to accurately predict the result of treatment and see it even before wearing the cap.

How do aligners work?

Individually made mouthguards perfectly repeat the shape of the teeth and fit snugly to the crown of the tooth from all sides. Forces act on each tooth evenly and precisely in the volume and direction necessary for movement.

A special feature of children's eliners is the minimal number of attachments and the absence of any other fasteners.