{"id":10313,"date":"2022-05-13T11:14:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T11:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/?p=10313"},"modified":"2022-05-24T12:51:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T12:51:11","slug":"composite-tracks-as-an-early-solution-to-crossbite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/en\/composite-tracks-as-an-early-solution-to-crossbite\/","title":{"rendered":"Composite tracks as an early solution to crossbite"},"content":{"rendered":"
There are several factors that can contribute to a bad bite from the time the primary teeth start to appear: genetics, excessive use of the dummy (or thumb sucking), the tongue... in these cases, early diagnosis is essential and starting treatment before the age of 6 is ideal.<\/p>\n
At this age, the ideal is to resort to a simple, painless and quick treatment that helps us to prevent and treat from the very beginning, without waiting for permanent dentition and without resorting to more complex appliances. Of course, when I tell parents this, their first reaction is surprise, as most of them think that I am referring to an ideal reality that does not even exist.<\/p>\n
Nowadays, however, we can turn to the neuro-occlusal rehabilitation<\/strong> with composite tracks, a novel treatment that corrects these problems using the child's own masticatory forces. However, although there are composite tracks for different malocclusions, such as overbites, classes II and III, the most widely used are undoubtedly those of crossbite<\/strong>They have amply proven their effectiveness. For open bite we must resort to other treatments, about which you can find information at other articles<\/a> of our blog.<\/p>\n First of all, we must clarify a little what exactly is a crossbite, which we are going to discuss with the composite tracks<\/strong>. A crossbite is one in which the upper teeth, which should be on the outside of the lower teeth, are on the inside, i.e. the exact opposite. This type of bite alteration is usually characterised by the presence of a deep, narrow palate.<\/p>\n The consequences include the fact that, because of problems with biting, the teeth do not exert forces adequately, causing damage to the tooth itself, the soft tissues and the structures involved.<\/p>\n Here are some of them examples<\/strong> crossbite of real patients in the clinic:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As you can guess by looking at the pictures, in these cases, there is a unilateral chewing<\/strong>The child uses only one side of the mouth to eat when eating. By prolonging this situation in which one side of the mouth is used more than the other, the child develops facial asymmetries<\/strong>The problem is not only a problem for the skeletal and muscular system, but also for other skeletal and muscular problems, especially at this age when growth is continuous.<\/p>\n This pathology is easily treated in children under 6 years of age, as it is normally due to the fact that the bone measurement is correct but a tooth is slightly crooked, deviating the trajectory, which causes premature contact and prevents the patient from biting properly, forcing them to move their jaw in order to chew, thus aggravating the problem.<\/p>\n If the deviation is slight, we can file or grind down the tooth causing the deviation and thus solve it. On other occasions we resort to the aforementioned composite tracks.<\/p>\nWhat are composite tracks used for?<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nHow do composite tracks work?<\/h2>\n