Myobrace® for Adults Stage 3 - A3

Finalise alignment, habit correction and retention

The A3 focuses on final alignment of the teeth while retaining the arch form, breathing and myofunctional habits. It is the firmest appliance in the series, designed to provide the best retention of arch form and habits. By this stage of treatment, patients' teeth will be mostly aligned and, therefore, the A3 can be used to finalise any remaining mild malocclusion. If desired, optimum final alignment can be achieved with braces or sequential aligners combined with the Myobrace® for Braces series.

Myobrace® for Adults

For patients in the permanent dentition

Myobrace®for Adults is a three-stage appliance system used in the permanent dentition. Although the appliances are still very effective at correcting breathing and myofunctional disorders, little to no remaining growth combined with long-standing poor habits result in less effective orthodontic outcomes. As such, this appliance range is almost always combined with additional arch development techniques and sometimes braces or clear aligners.

What causes orthodontic problems?

The majority of our children will develop crowded teeth and incorrect jaw alignment. Modernresearch has shown that mouth breathing, tongue thrusting, reverse swallowing and thumb sucking-known as incorrect myofunctional habits-are the real causes of crooked teeth. These habits limit the development of the child's jaws and face resulting in orthodontic problems. These causes cannot be corrected with fixed braces.

Normal vs Crowded teeth

The function of the tongue, cheeks and lips determines tooth position. Correct facial growthdepends on correct function and breathing patterns.

How it works?

MRC has pioneered the use of appliances to correct myofunctional habits in growing children and has proven success in orthodontic correction without braces. This treatment can also lead to better facial development in growing children. The key to this treatment is correcting the position and function of the tongue, obtaining correct nose breathing and retraining the oral muscles to function correctly. Myobrace® appliances effectively train the tongue to position correctly in the upper jaw, retrain oral musculature and exert light forces to align the teeth.

Goals of treatment:

lLips together at all times except when speaking or eating.

lBreathe through the nose, to assist the development of the upper and lower jaws, and to achieve the correct bite.

lNo lip activity when swallowing, which allows the front teeth to develop correctly.

lImproved dental alignment.

lImproved facial development.