Doctors Antonio Facal and Gonzalo Facal are specialists in Orthodontics and belong to Top Doctors. They will tell us about their clinic Facal Orthodontics and the treatments they perform for children and adults.
My name is Antonio Facal García, and I was the first orthodontist established in Galicia in 1971 in Vigo. Currently, we have a clinic dedicated exclusively to orthodontic treatment for children, adolescents and adults. My son Gonzalo has been working with me for 15 years.
At what age can we detect a problem in a child?
Problems in the development of a child’s facial dentition can be detected at a very early age, even before the age of 4. Generally the most important sign that something is wrong is to see that the child is breathing with the mouth continuously open, has a mouth breathing instead of breathing through the nose.
At what age can we treat a child?
From the age of 4 years, the child already collaborates perfectly to solve, above all, the problems that tend to worsen. The earlier we treat them, the more effective it will be and the shorter the treatment will be.
What does a treatment consist of in a child?
It is that the child chews properly and can breathe through the nose without problems, then we have to make a joint treatment between the Orthodontist and the Otolaryngologist or Allergist to breathe and chew properly. In this way your face will develop smoothly following your genetic growth pattern.
How is orthodontic treatment planned?
In order to be able to accurately plan orthodontic treatment in either an adolescent or an adult, it is very important to know the relationship between the articulation of the teeth and the articulation of the jaw. We should be able to achieve as much accuracy as possible between the two joints.
What are the objectives of orthodontic treatment?
The objectives that we must achieve in any orthodontic treatment are mainly: Function (at the level of the teeth and at the level of the jaw joint), Health (periodontal health of the teeth and joint health), Aesthetics and very importantly the stability of the treatment in the long term.
What is Orthognathic Surgery?
When there is a disharmony at the level of the bones of the jaws, the maxillofacial surgeon, through Orthognathic Surgery, will help us to correct these disharmonies by achieving an ideal position of the skeletal bases of the teeth. We need a combined treatment between the Orthodontist and the Maxillofacial Surgeon, reaching an agreement in order to plan a new position of the skeletal bases, modifying those that currently exist.
It is usually necessary to initiate a previous Orthodontic treatment to arrange the teeth and then the surgeon enters the scene putting the skeletal bases in their normal position.
“At Facal Orthodontic Clinic we will be happy to advise you on any problems in your mouth or your children’s mouth.”