Ron Cox Orthodontics

We recommend that children receive an orthodontic screening by the age 7. By starting treatment early, we can recognize potential problems and correct them before they become more serious. This not only saves you and your child time, but also money.

Early evaluation provides greater opportunity for more effective treatment and help guide growth and development, preventing serious problems later in life. When orthodontic intervention is not necessary, an orthodontist can carefully monitor growth and development and begin treatment at the ideal time.

Common issues may include:

• Severely crowded teeth
• A large overbite (buck teeth)
• An underbite (top front teeth behind lower teeth
• Crossbites (front or back) of one or more teeth
• A deep overbite causing discomfort
• Receding gums associated with crowded teeth
• Thumb/Finger sucking habits causing problems
• Forward tongue posture and swallowing problems contributing to bite issues
• Breathing issues (narrow airways) in the nasal and tonsil area

If you have any questions or want to book an appointment, please call our office or email us.

More and more adults are seeking orthodontic treatment to improve their smile. Orthodontic treatment is not only designed to improve the appearance of your smile, but also improve the health of your teeth and gums as well. You can also possibly avoid severe tooth decay, gum and bone loss, irregular wear of the tooth enamel, and an uncomfortable bite.

Through adult treatments, we are able to:

• Cosmetically align your teeth
• Improve your bite
• Move teeth to allow for veneers, crowns, bridges, or implants to be place by your restorative dentist
• Align teeth and arches to allow for jaw surgery by an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
• Align teeth to improve the health of your gums and supporting bones

If you have any questions or want to book an appointment, please call our office or email us.

Invisalign® straightens your teeth without wires and brackets, using a series of clear, customized, removable appliances called aligners. It is virtually undetectable, which means hardly anyone will know that you are straightening your teeth.

Invisalign® aligners are designed to move your teeth in small steps to the desired final position prescribed by your dentist. Each aligner is precisely calibrated and manufactured to fit your mouth at each stage of the treatment plan.

Braces are used to help align, straighten, and position your teeth and bite, whereby improving dental health. They are helpful in correcting dental conditions such as overbites and underbites. At Ron Cox Orthodontics, we offer multiple types of braces to best suit your needs.

We use traditional metal braces with a low profile to reduce lip irritation and the bulky feeling associated with braces. They are made of high-grade stainless steel and are smaller, more comfortable, and more attractive. At each appointment, clients can choose different color bands to personalize their braces

We also offer aesthetic braces and aesthetic tooth moving aligners. Aesthetic braces are fabricated with a ceramic material and are not as obvious as metal braces. While popular, aesthetic braces are more fragile and require extra care and attention.

Aesthetic tooth moving aligners are plastic, low visibility aligners that are inset between meals to move your teeth. They are changed every two or three weeks to keep your teeth moving

Corrective jaw surgery (orthognathic surgery) treats and corrects abnormalities of the facial bones, specifically the jaws and the teeth. If jaw surgery is an option, we will arrange a consultation with an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. This will allow you to directly discuss with the surgeon the pros and cons of the jaw surgery.

Jaw surgery is usually performed 16-24 months after the placement of braces. Braces help align the teeth so that the surgeon can place the upper and lower jaws in the correct position and bite.

After the surgery, the braces are adjusted for about six months to increase bite stability and allow for minor bite detailing.