Headgear in Orthodontic | Dr Mohamed Shawky Hegazy

What Is HeadGear ? 🦷It is an Orthodontic Appliance used to Correct Jaw relation & Bite and Growth 🦷It is recommended for children who still growing 🦷It is extraoral appliance 🔵There are 3 types of headgear :- 1- High pull headgear 2- Cervical pull headgear 3-Reverse pull headgear facemask 👉its components are Facebow and Strap (Cervical or HighPull) Facemask 2 pads (Forehead and Chin ) Vertical translation 💫Facebow consist of inner bow and outer bow and strap 💫Facemask consists of 2 pads (forehead and chin) And vertical translation ⚡HeadGear Correct Excessive Horizontal Overjet in Children (Class III or Class II ) ⚡Best to use this appliance is between (7 to 10 y) ⚡Headgear used to correct Prognathism in Maxilla Class II ⚡Reverse Pull Headgear Used To Correct Retrognathic in Maxilla Class III ⚡This Appliance Can be Used around 12h /day and Last for 1 to 2 years More or Less ⚡Appliance can be used in teens over 12 but under control ⚡Appliance can be used as ramping up period at first Means using as 1 hour at ist day then increase duration every day until it reach effective time ⚡Appliance can be worn not all 12 hours in arow but can be worn for 8 hours and 4 hours at any time per day It can be worn during sleep with patient sleep on his back and short outer bow #Dr_Mohamed_Hegazy #Hegazy_Orthodontic #مركز_دكتور_محمد_شوقي_حجازي_لتقويم_الأسنان