Seymour Dental Blog

Orthodontics – Extra-oral appliances – 851 & Attachments – 862
851 – Extra-oral appliances It is a category of devices that are attached to outside the mouth to provide forces to correct the position of teeth or modify jaw grow ...
Orthodontics – Fixed Appliances – Part 2 – 842-846
842 Partial banding for inter-maxillary elastics (cross elastics) Bands and brackets are placed on one or more teeth in the upper and lower jaw to correct the position of ...
Orthodontics – Fixed Appliances – Part 1 – 829-841
Care: There is usually a waiting period of 12 months for some health funds. Also not all levels of cover are covers for orthodontic treatment. Some funds require a treatm ...
Orthodontics – Removable appliances 811-825
811 Passive removable appliance – per arch This device is attached to the teeth (but can be removed) by metal clasp or by other means to maintain the position of teeth. ...
Minor orthodontics
One of the most important aspects of teeth straightening and bite correction is early diagnosis, and with some simple corrective treatment we can often reduce the need fo ...
Blog Series – Teeth and Jaw Development
The development of humans is amazing and goes to the heart of genetics. You can see the trends in the parents and the children right before your very eyes. What is even m ...