hi it's dr. amanda with straight smile solutions let's continue today on our series about you
concept you trainer appliances specifically distributed by Great Lakes orthodontic laboratory
overall manufacture is seven C's if you've watched the other videos I made on these products I've
made a whole series just based on my experience not only with these products specifically but
all kinds of other mile functional devices bio trainers eruptive gutting compliances etc I have
a good I would say four to five years experience and I've probably seen well over a thousand cases
once you kind of factor in all the different appliances that are out there all the different
systems that are out there recently there was FDA approval of this new you concept appliance it's
not that new it's been around in Europe for quite some time just super excited that's an affordable
appliance and it's something that a lot of my clients are using now kind of integrated into
their overall phase one treatment lens so it's not always the only appliance they use I think
that's the biggest mistake that you can make thinking this is like a one-stop shop a cure-all
you just throw an appliance at them and it solves all the problems and that's not the truth so it's
just gonna be part of your overall plan and very likely it's gonna be the first part of the plan
and then you might move on to something later like braces aligners or even another functional
appliance or something like that so let's talk about the class two appliance today it's called
u class two indications for use according to their instructions would be ages six through
twelve with a six millimeter or greater overjet I'm gonna tweak those indications now that I've
seen a few cases and I've seen the appliance to this hands-on my version of it would be mmm
I don't think a six-year-old could wear these they're way way way too big there's no way so
I have to be an awful big six-year-old or you'd have to really trim it in order for them to wear
it I would definitely start with their new trainer first you kidiot trainer work your way up to these
um definitely a eight or nine year old should be able to wear these are gonna start with the
soft for sure this is the soft and remember we looked at the class three one earlier this
is set deciding the bite differently so this is gonna set the bite at a super class one or edge
to edge bite it's going to work very similar to a twin block a by inator or anything like that
so an activator any of those type of appliances benefits are gonna be improved airway because
it's gonna stimulate the lower jaw for going more oxygenation of the blood which also can help you
know with behavior and other things again these are not 100% scientifically proven these just
Anna knodel but based on stuff that I've seen and other doctors have seen there's a lot of
awesome positive benefits that will happen when you use these appliances as well as they can help
with a little bit of arch expansion relief from crowding basically they're erupting suppliants
is so the teeth are gonna come in if you can see and they're gonna kind of bounce off the walls
as the teeth come in so the best indication for use is to start from these like when the kid is
5 6 and if they lose their first tooth and you work through the series of appliances and the
teeth are gonna bounce off the walls and come in straight or pretty much straight and it's gonna
be straight enough if you have the right arts with that things just generally come in straight it's
when you have a constricted arch that teeth are gonna come in crooked and that's where we have to
think about doing on canine exposures taking out teeth stuff like that so this is why we want to
get started early and again if you're interested in taking my assessment it's called my phase 1
smile I developed it it's a quiz that you can do or an assessment form starting on very young
child looking at all kinds of things oral habits looking at the x-rays and deciding whether it's
time to do phase one treatment or not it's free I'm happy to give it to you all you have to do
is visit my website at straight smile solutions comm and message me and I will send it to you
and it's free so I think a lot of people find it really helpful so again let's talk a little bit
more about these class 2 devices and how they're different from the regular trainers and the class
3 definitely they have some super thick you know on the top it's pretty darn thick that's gonna
keep the front teeth from flaring forward um bottom is pretty pretty long too and definitely
there's a higher kind of shield here that's gonna keep the tongue from pushing the teeth
forward some of the other appliances are a little bit better for a a little bit better for training
the tongue and getting rid of oral habits and stuff like that I can see the buttons here that
are meant to to have the tongue expand the arches that is more of an indication in the firm you can
see in the soft that's not in there so definitely if you have crowning our arch constriction issues
I would move your way up to the firm I can see it's definitely a better appliance but I think
there's almost no way you could start with this appliance it's just not gonna be tolerated it's
not gonna be something but the muscular can keep in it's not going to be comfortable they're not
gonna be able to sleep make sure that you follow only other videos where I take you step by step
through these appliances give you tips on wearing them and remember you can't always only use these
appliances I've talked to you about that how you might have to tag-team it with an expander
or and most likely you're gonna have to move into a few finishing aligners or a few just
couple braces at the end and that's something that we can definitely help you with your
questions it's really really easy and if you're getting started early or if you have questions
about insurance and billing I'd be glad to give you a lot of tips on that too for phase one so
anyways so much to say I could probably thought for three hours on this but um definitely a big
fan of these appliances check them out or Buzz me and I'll be glad to introduce you