A  good oral hygiene  is a prerequisite. If you do not brush enough, you will not start with orthodontics. It is also imperative to brush well during treatment. If it is determined that this is not the case, the orthodontist may decide to remove the appliance, since deterioration of the teeth due to inadequate oral hygiene must be avoided. Good and correct brushing  is therefore the message! Your dentist or orthodontist will guide you in this. The teeth move more quickly into healthy gums. With good cleaners, the treatment is therefore completed faster.

Regular checking and adjustment  of the device are a second requirement. Any missed appointment means an unnecessary extension of the duration of treatment.  So keep your appointments punctually!  This means that you will also have to come by appointment during school hours and you will sometimes have to miss a lesson. If – for whatever reason – you cannot miss school hours, this could possibly be a reason not to start orthodontics. Not everyone can always come by appointment after school hours.

Reimbursement Of Orthodontics

If you want to benefit from a  reimbursement from the health insurance fund , the application for orthodontics must be submitted before your  fifteenth birthday . If orthodontics is started early, ie for nine years, a specific request can be made, so that reimbursement can be made again around fifteen years after the change.

Patience will be rewarded

For a qualitative treatment you have to take into account a  period of  about two years . This assumes that you wear your equipment carefully (rubber bands, outer brackets, loose plates). Only then will your patience be rewarded with a beautiful smile

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?

In the Netherlands, both a dentist and an orthodontist are allowed to perform braces treatments. But what is the difference between a bracket dentist and an orthodontist? And what is better?

THE ORTHODONTIST

To become an orthodontist, you must first complete the 6-year dentist training course. After training as a dentist, an orthodontist has completed a four-year full-time course at the university to specialize in orthodontics. So an orthodontist has studied for 10 years. An orthodontist also only deals with braces treatments and no longer performs general dental treatments, such as filling a hole or pulling a tooth. To remain an orthodontist, an orthodontist is required to retrain to keep up to date with the latest developments in the field of orthodontics.

THE (BRACKET) DENTIST

Orthodontics is only a small part of dentist training. A recently graduated dentist is therefore not qualified to perform braces treatments. A brace dentist still has to follow courses after his dentistry training to be able to perform braces treatments. Bracket dentists usually do not treat too complicated dental anomalies. It is not feasible for the average dentist to master all the knowledge and skills that the orthodontist has acquired in a four-year full-time specialist training course. In addition, it is impossible to keep up with the many developments in orthodontics, in addition to all developments in dentistry.

FOR THE BEST QUALITY, GO TO AN ORTHODONTIST

So for complicated braces treatments you are better off with the orthodontist. Research shows that the quality of treatment by orthodontists in the Netherlands is very high. An orthodontic practice is fully equipped to ensure that the treatment proceeds as efficiently and smoothly as possible.