Provincial Hospital Dentistry "Ubaldo Carrea" of Vicente Lopez is serving a very common condition in the population called "overbite", this disease is now one of the most difficult problems to treat orthodontic and said hospital authorities said that 30 percent of the queries received are related to this problem.
The 30 percent of queries received by the provincial hospital of Dentistry and Orthodontics "Dr. Ubaldo Carrea "in Vicente Lopez, for children who have overbite, dental difficulty characterized by the prominence of the chin and dislocation, chewing and swallowing, as well as aesthetic problems and, in some cases, in speech.
The cause of this type of bite may lie in the overgrowth of the lower jaw or a deficient development of the maxilla, ie the upper teeth bite behind the lower, and generates the advancement of the chin.
This condition can be caused by breathing problems, adenoids or tonsils or poor tongue position in these cases "the location of the base language stimulates the growth of lower mandibular arch," said the associate director Carrea Hospital, Liliana Presotto.
You can also have an impact on its appearance skeletal formation, and in this case "is one of the most difficult orthodontic problems to deal with, because it interferes with a genetic predisposition that makes it more difficult to correct," he added Presotto.
The 30 percent of the queries that are addressed in this hospital are specialized in dentistry overbite. Of that total, 15 percent are patients who have a skeletal incidence and 2 percent of those cases should undergo orthognathic surgery called because the changes in the bones are very marked.
The improper bite generates a common effort of the joints and causes pain, noise, and obstacles in the jaw. The specialist emphasized that "the dentist early consultation is essential to begin treatment as soon as possible."
The "Carrea" serves children 4 years already with this problem and, in the first stage, using a functional appliances, orthopedic and it involves the use of a type of acrylic plate that is placed in the mouth on the upper and lower teeth.
This device is used in the first stage of treatment in children up to 11 years, and then uses orthodontics, fixed by an apparatus and a mask disjunction extraoral home use. "Only in severe cases, we use orthognathic surgery," she explained.
The Hospital "Carrea" of Vicente Lopez serves 8 to 20 hours and attend a total of 250 consultations a day for children from 3 to 14 years.