Orthodontic headgear
What is headgear? Headgear is an orthodontic appliance to treat jaw and facial deformities. Unlike most orthodontic appliances that you wear in the mouth, headgear is an extraoral appliance, which means you wear it out of your mouth and orthodontists use other parts outside the mouth to anchor (to fit in place) the appliance. In orthodontics , changing the growth of the bone in jaws is one of the main treatments to get to the aligned and right shape for your appearance. Headgear is the best treatment to correct the jaw abnormalities especially when your child is still in growing age. Some people may choose surgeries for their jaw correction because their facial growth is no longer in development. But if treatment starts at earlier phases of children’s development, surgeries in the adulthood will not be necessary. What does headgear do (the purpose of headgear in orthodontics)? The purpose of headgear is to manage and control the skeletal growth of jaws into the normal growt...