Headgear

Headgear is a delicate and necessary part of your treatment, and is designed to put backward pressure on your teeth. Success in your treatment and your personal safety depends upon your cooperation. Please read the following carefully. 

Fitting the headgear:

Always fit the facebow first. When you have placed the facebow ends into the tubes of either your removable or fixed appliance, check the catch is correctly located by holding your cheek out with one finger and looking in a mirror.  Then confirm the lock is working properly by lightly pulling forward on the facebow.

Once you are happy the facebow is correctly locked in place, attach your safety headgear to the outer hooks on the facebow at the correct hole on the strap.

Removing the headgear:

When removing your safety headgear and facebow, always remove the headgear part first before unlocking the catches on your facebow.

Do not wear your headgear when playing sports and rough games.

Never allow anyone to grab or pull your facebow or headgear. If they do, take hold of the facebow yourself until they let go. Then check that everything is still fitting correctly.

At night always ensure that the safety mechanisms are in place to prevent accidental removal of the headgear and facebow. If any part of the appliance becomes detached during sleep or causes you any other problems, stop wearing the headgear and contact us .

If in the rare and unlikely circumstances you suspect that part of your headgear or facebow might have caused an injury to an eye, you should treat this as a medical emergency. Attend your local Accident and Emergency Department and ask an Ophthalmologist (Eye Doctor ) to examine your eye without delay to obtain the best advice.

Bring your headgear to each appointment and report any problems to your orthodontist.