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SHAPERS VS. BRACES
🦷 | Shapers | Braces |
|---|---|---|
No Pain | ✔️ | ❌ |
Removable | ✔️ | ❌ |
Lifestyle | ✔️ | ❌ |
Duration | 1.5-2 years | 2-4 years |
Night Time Only | ✔️ | ❌ |
WHAT ARE SHAPERS?
Shapers are oral development appliances for children between 6 and 10 years old. This is the age when the permanent teeth grow. Shapers guide the teeth and jaws to grow correctly into a healthy bite.
SMILE GALLERY
Rosa - Before
Class 2 with reduced overjet. The teeth used to stick out from the lips, also known as 'Bunny Teeth' effect.
Rosa - After
Treatment with Shapers gave the patient a smile in harmony with her lips and profile.
Angelo - Before
Class 3 with full arch crossbite. The chin was growing faster than the upper jaw and the lower teeth were covering all the upper teeth.
Angelo - After
Shapers guided the upper and lower jaw to grow proportionally again and transform the crossbite into a normal and healthy bite.
Clemente - Before
Class 2 with deep bite and increased overjet. The lower jaw was growing far too short, causing a concave profile, wrong dental alignment and high muscular tension.
Clemente - After
Shapers guided the lower jaw to grow forward and catch up with the upper jaw, giving the patient a correct alignment and a straight profile.
Viola - Before
Class 2 with a deep bite.
The upper teeth were growing too far forward, covering the lower teeth significantly, and causing the upper teeth to stick out from the lips even when at rest.
The upper teeth were growing too far forward, covering the lower teeth significantly, and causing the upper teeth to stick out from the lips even when at rest.
Viola - After
Shapers allowed to reduce the horizontal distance between the upper and lower teeth and guided the upper teeth to grow vertically again.
Ciro - Before
Anterior crossbite with convex profile. The bottom teeth were growing too forward causing a head to head clash of the front teeth, and leading to a convex profile.
Ciro - After
Treatment with Shapers created enough space between the teeth both horizontally and vertically, also leading the profile towards a correct growth pattern. [Treatment ongoing].
Beatrice - Before
Class 2 with deep bite and 'Gummy Smile'. The upper teeth were inclined forward causing them to fully overlap the bottom teeth and forcing the patient to open their mouth to smile.
Beatrice - After
Shapers redirected the teeth towards a correct inclination and progressively allowed a natural smile and a correct alignment between the upper and lower teeth.
WHAT OUR PATIENTS AND PARENTS SAY
TREATMENT PROCESS
1. Book a Checkup
Book a Checkup at our partner clinic located in Caserta. The Checkup involves X-Ray and full assessment with an orthodontist.
2. Get your results
During the Checkup with the dentist, you will learn about your your dental health based on your X-Ray and visual identification.
3. Get started with your personal Shaper
Your doctor prepared a treatment plan just for you. Your Shaper is on the way!
4. Treatment and Monitoring
Use our app to send weekly scans to your doctor for remote check. Attend the scheduled in person visits.
5. Get a healthy bite for life
The treatment usually lasts 18-24 months and ensures a healthy functional bite for life.
CREATED BY EXPERTS
Dr Gioacchino Pellegrino, Orthodontist
"I've treated hundreds of children with interceptive treatments over the past 15 years. Shapers are the most advanced interceptive treatment that solves orthodontic problems from the young age."
Dr Marianna Pellegrino,
Orthodontist
"A treatment with Shapers is a revolution in orthodontics. These customised and comfortable appliances guide the permanent teeth to the correct position and mitigate a need for braces or aligners later."
Guglielmo Pellegrino, Biomedical Engineer, UCL, ETH
"I've spent years refining Shapers with AI and 3D printing to make them the most advanced appliance within interceptive orthodontic care."
Domande Frequenti
We've spent years streamlining the treatment with Shapers. Over that time, we optimised the operations, manufacturing and treatment process to lower the total cost of the treatment and provide the best experience. We also ask your child to send us weekly pictures of teeth so we can track the progress remotely and decrease the number of visits to the clinic that also reduces the total cost.
Wearing Shapers can be uncomfortable over the first days, but children get adjusted quickly and it's not painful. Don't take our word for it, hear what our patients and their parents say in the videos below.
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Over the first week, it's important to get accustomed to Shapers so wearing them for several hours after school is advisable. Later, Shapers can be worn only during the sleep.
The length of the treatment varies as every smile is unique. On average, the treatment lasts between 6 and 18 months.
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