Cost of Orthodontic Treatment
Cost of Orthodontic Treatment Coverage in the Public Health Insurance It’s done! The treatment is approved. In Germany orthodontic treatment is covered by public health insurance until the 18th birthday, The severity of the findings is rated according to the orthodontic indication groups (KIG): f. ex. the public health insurance covers the treatment of two […]
Joy Bracket
Joy Bracket The Joy bracket is a very simply designed, ready-made bracket from the Adenta company. It looks like it is mainly suitable for simple treatments such as the correction of small deviations of the anterior teeth. After all, R. Romano, an experienced lingual practitioner, has been found as a promoter – so something must […]
Harmony Bracket
Harmony Bracket The Harmony bracket was the third generation of lingual brackets from American Orthodontics. It was a fabricated bracket that was self-ligating, meaning it did not require additional ligatures to hold the orthodontic wires in place. There is almost no trace of this bracket on the web, and it can no longer be found […]
Judith Menger
Judith Menger A short introduction 1992: Born in Wipperfürth 2013 – 2018: Studies of dentistry at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz 2019: Approbation as dentist 2019 – 2020: Working as dentist in Gummersbach 2020 – 2022: Training assistant in orthodontics in Gummersbach Since September 2022: Working as dentist, specialized in orthodontics, at Dr. Madsen’s […]
Anamnesis Forms
Anamnesis Forms You can download your anamnesis forms here: patient questionnaire children patient questionnaire adults
ilovemysmile
ilovemysmile ilovemysmile is nothing else but the lower levels of Invisalign – InvisalignLite and InvisalignExpress – but in a reduced form without attachments attached to the teeth. Aligners without attachments can only correct very slight malocclusions, mainly on the front teeth. As soon as a complex tooth movement is necessary, such simple aligner systems are […]
Refine
Refine Refine is an aligner product from the US manufacturer of orthodontic products TP-Orthodontics. Equipped with either 5 or 10 aligners, Refine targets small anterior fractures. Complex tooth movements are not possible with Refine because of the small number of aligners and the lack of special attachments bonded to the teeth. If TP is behind […]
SmileDirectClub
SmileDirectClub SmileDirectClub was originally a pure do-it-yourself aligner product. This involved sending home an impression kit, sending in homemade impressions and having the aligners sent by post. By the end of 2021, however, SmileDirectClub will also have a good 40 dental partner practices, called “SmileShops”, where impressions or scans can be made. Orthodontists are not […]
SmileUnion
SmileUnion SmileUnion is a do-it-yourself aligner product. An impression set is sent home, self-made impressions are sent in and the aligners are sent by post. According to its own description, SmileUnion is only suitable for the correction of small deviations of the front teeth, as only short therapy times are provided and there is no […]
Spark Clear Aligner
Spark Clear Aligner (ORMCO 2021) ORMCO is the world’s largest manufacturer of orthodontic products, especially fixed appliances. It was to be expected that ORMCO would not miss out on the rapidly growing aligner market. After some experiments with aligners for minimal corrections (Simpli-5), ORMCO launched a full-fledged, largely digitised aligner product under the name Spark […]
Habit
Term for harmful habits such as thumb sucking, mouth breathing or placing the tongue between the teeth.
ClearCorrect
ClearCorrect (Straumann 2020) ClearCorrect is a long-standing aligner system that was acquired by the large dental company Straumann in 2020. Since Straumann is state-of-the-art in many fields of dentistry, including 3D technology and digitalisation, it is not surprising that ClearCorrect has been expanded into a complete aligner system that is also suitable for complex cases. […]
Impressum
Impressum Verantwortlicher dieser Website und Inhaber des Copyrights Dr. Henning Madsen, Kieferorthopäde Anerkannt am 01.10.1993 durch die Landeszahnärztekammer Bayern Fallstraße 34 81369 München Tel. 089 / 72 48 00 Fax 089 / 72 48 01 08 www.blzk.de Mitglied der Landeszahnärztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz Langenbeckstraße 2 55131 Mainz Tel. 06131 / 9 61 36 60 Fax 06131 / […]
Fixed orthodontic appliances are more efficient and economical
A common orthodontic finding is the narrow upper jaw with the unilateral cross bite in the lower jaw, which then deviates a few millimetres to one side. The treatment consists in widening the upper jaw, which can be attempted with removable as well as fixed appliances. In this high-quality randomized study, the authors compared both […]
Rapid maxillary expansion can be helpful for children with nocturnal enuresis
In numerous studies there have already been indications that rapid maxillary expansion can have a positive effect on children with nocturnal enuresis. A particularly high-quality study has now been conducted with randomisation and control by an untreated group. Out of 18 children who underwent rapis maxillary expansion, 11 had a reduction of more than 50% […]
Fixed retainers do not impair health
Fixed retainers are the standard method of keeping front teeth straight after orthodontic treatment. Without stabilisation, the anterior teeth are almost guaranteed to become crooked again. But does the fixed retainer harm your health in the long run? In a large-scale scientific review, the effect of fixed retainers on the health of the gums and […]
Mannheim – our Practice Location
Mannheim – our Practice Location Mannheim is the third largest city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of around 310.000 inhabitants. The city of Mannheim is home to a great deal of industry, from the Daimler’s bus plant at Waldhof, John Deere agricultural machinery at Lindenhof to one of the largest German […]
TV-contributions
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Different adhesive techniques
Adhesive technique Direct After the first lingual brackets were glued directly to the teeth by the orthodontists in a rather imprecise manner, it became apparent that the direct adhesive technique led to major positioning errors and thus to disproportionate effort in the final treatment phase. For this reason, various techniques were developed to position the […]
WIN Bracket
WIN Bracket This lingual bracket was developed by Dirk Wiechmann, the inventor of the lingual Incognito brackets, and has been marketed since 2013. At first glance, it looks similar to the Incognito bracket, as it is manufactured individually for each tooth and is just as flat. However, there are actually a number of important differences: […]