Where to find us?
Rue des Boudine 15
1217 Meyrin
Business hours
Mon : 09:00 - 18:00
Tue - Fri : 08:00 - 18:00
Sat : 10:00 - 16:00
Where to find us?
Rue des Boudine 15
1217 Meyrin
Business hours
Mon : 09:00 - 18:00
Tue - Fri : 08:00 - 18:00
Sat : 10:00 - 16:00
Fr
Orthodontics is the field of dentistry that concerns dental alignment, occlusion (or how opposing teeth engage each other), jaw growth, chewing function and aesthetics.
Orthodontic disorders are very common in the population and can affect the patient in his daily life. It is for this reason that the main role of our practitioners of the clinique Dentaire de Meyrin is to respond to the patient's request, while respecting the biological priority and the medical indication.
The causes of an orthodontic abnormality are diverse and can be behavioral (eg thumb sucking in children), genetic (malocclusion observed in the family) or other rarer reasons such as certain genetic diseases (eg: Down syndrome) or infectious (eg juvenile rheumatoid arthritis).
The first consultation can be done at any age but it is strongly recommended to plan it from childhood, between 6 and 8 years old, in order to intercept any possible early dental or craniofacial anomaly, and to promote dento-alveolar growth. physiological.
After a first consultation and a complete analysis of the child, if orthodontic treatment is indicated, it will then aim to guide the growth in the right direction and avoid any subsequent complications in the teeth and jaw.
If orthodontic disorders are diagnosed during adolescence when the child presents all his permanent teeth in the mouth, then this is the ideal period for treatment because all the baby teeth have fallen out and the patient has a potential for Optimal dentoalveolar growth thus allowing good bone handling. This does not mean that in adulthood we can no longer induce dental movements by orthodontics, but the margins are less vast than a patient in full growth. However all the means exist to undertake orthodontic treatment at any age!
For more discretion during the treatment, several devices can be proposed for the comfort of the patient and as alternatives to the classic metal rings: ceramic white rings, rings placed on the internal side of the teeth and therefore not visible to the smile, or even Almost completely invisible Invisalign transparent aligners. Choice to be agreed between patient and practitioner.