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Video: Jaw expander instructions

Being familiar and confident with turning your expander is the key to successful jaw expansion. We show you how in this video guide.

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Jaw expander instuctions

This video guide shows you how to turn the fixed upper jaw expander.

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  • There’s usually a feeling of pressure for a short time after each adjustment, but it isn’t painful and settles quickly. Most children adapt within a few days, including any temporary lisp or extra saliva.

  • The process to construct a custom fitted jaw expander tailored to your mouth is simple. Utilising Orthoclinic’s state of the art intraoral scanning technology, your mouth is 3D scanned, a 3D model is printed, and a custom fitted jaw expander is made from that model.