Are your crooked teeth affecting the look of your entire face? Controlled Arch Orthodontics does more than align your teeth and create a more appealing smile. There are also several functional benefits to the controlled arch system. Patients who experience trouble breathing, especially at night, see a wide breadth of benefits from this treatment option.
What is Functional Orthodontics?
Functional Orthodontics is a specialized orthodontic treatment that treats malocclusion. This type of treatment focuses on the controlled movement of teeth, jaw, and facial structures. A controlled arch appliance guides the jaw and teeth to develop the way they were naturally meant to in order to produce the best aesthetic result and the most functional airway.
How Does This Approach Improve Function?
Malocclusion, or crooked teeth, can lead to skewed face, chin, jaw, and cheek shape. The complex interaction between these face structures can result in obstructed airways as a result of their inefficient development patterns.
Functional Orthodontics combats these problems by:
- Encouraging natural development of the jaw
- Improving your profile and facial appearance
- Correcting TMJ dysfunction
- Improving sleep apnea
- Providing results 30% faster than traditional orthodontics
Because Functional Orthodontics techniques are designed to work with your natural development, they’re also compatible with myofunctional therapy. Myofunctional therapy leverages muscles to encourage jaw development. Because they work together, Controlled Arch is about 30% faster than traditional orthodontics and can be even faster with myofunctional therapy.
Sleep Apnea Treatment with Functional Orthodontics
Sleep apnea is a disorder that causes pauses in breathing while a person sleeps. It can lead to dangerous health effects like cardiovascular disease, but it may also be a symptom of a complex problem with the jaw and face development.
Controlled Arch Orthodontics improves sleep apnea symptoms by improving airflow through guided development of the patient’s jaw and encouraging better head posture to open the airways.
Schedule Your Consultation Today!
Do you have sleep apnea? Do you want to find out how we can improve your health and appearance? If so, please contact us today or complete the form on our website to schedule a consultation with Dr. Pamela Marzban at 703-323-8200.
