KIEFERORTHOPÄDISCHES ZENTRUM Oerlikon

Our center, established in 1980, is a specialist dental practice for tooth and jaw alignment corrections and dental surgery. Our team consists of one female dentist and four male dentists. Together with our long-standing, loyal, and young, motivated staff, we guarantee optimal and courteous care throughout the years of treatment.

Continuous professional development is a matter of course and a pleasure for us.

Emergencies:

Our practice is open all year round. The only exception is the period between Christmas and New Year, during which we are open for emergencies on one day.

Procedure in emergencies outside of telephone service hours:

First, try to contact your orthodontist privately. If your orthodontist is unavailable, do not hesitate to contact one of the other orthodontists at our center privately.

Otherwise, please contact your family dentist or the emergency dentist on duty in your region. For the city of Zurich, please call: 0844 400 400.

Orthodontics deals with the correction of tooth and jaw misalignments, mostly in
children and adolescents, but increasingly also in adults.

The right time

The right time to start orthodontic treatment varies greatly.

It is rarely necessary to have an assessment while the child still has their baby teeth. The ideal time for an initial assessment is usually between the ages of 8 and 10, after the 8 permanent front teeth and 4 large molars have come through.

As a rule, the responsible school or family dentist will inform you if there is a malocclusion. They will advise you at the right time to contact an orthodontic specialist.

Correction

The correction is carried out with fixed and/or removable appliances (braces). These can
be visible or invisible.

The average active treatment period is 2-3 years. Afterwards, the treatment result achieved must be stabilized with passive retainers.

Complex cases sometimes require collaboration with specialists from other dental fields.

Normal treatment procedure for an orthodontic patient in our practice:

The first consultation with the orthodontist, which lasts about half an hour, informs the patient and parents
about the main problems of tooth and jaw misalignment and about the type, timing, duration
and approximate cost of the treatment.

The second step in orthodontic treatment is the preparation of the necessary planning
documents (special X-rays, plaster models, and photos of the patient).

The third appointment is to discuss the final orthodontic treatment plan
with the patient and parents and the provision of a binding written cost estimate