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| Cute, little bugs bunny! |
Buck teeth may look cute on young
kids. But as they grow older and into the teenage years when their teeth
become crowded and misaligned, the once cute Bugs Bunnies automatically become
eyesores – and a case of concern among parents. More
so, when they develop facial abnormalities and bad oral habits.
Angeline’s upper teeth started flaring
up due to overcrowding. Then her misaligned lower gum due to overstaying baby
teeth had caused bad shape to her seemingly undeveloped chin.
When we had the courage to have the (2)
baby teeth extracted, she already had a lopsided face (or tabingi ang mukha in
the vernacular). Worst, her lower gum has resembled the V shape. When Dr. Gamaliel Urbi saw her for the first time at his Green
Dental Apple Clinic in Trinoma Mall, Quezon City, he readily offered to have her teeth corrected “on charity”
as part of his personal advocacy of helping kids attain their full potential – by ‘giving’
them the best facial feature through good oral health.
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| Myobrace expert Dr. Gamaliel Urbi |
First, he assessed Angeline’s case through
x-ray and dental impression. He asked his resident pedia-dentist, Dr. Jem Cino,
to extract 2 decaying teeth with Angeline on sedation. Because Angeline has
rheumatic heart disease (RHD), we sought the approval of her pediatrician doctor who
fortunately found her fit for the procedure.
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| Angeline and her photo bombers led by Dr. Jem Cino (in pink) |
But Dr. Jem decided not to go on the sedation process. After A dental prophylaxis and fluoridation,
she extracted the teeth one after another with one week’s interval.
Angeline did well. But her case of misaligned gums couldn’t fit any of the
trainer available in the clinic. So she was subjected to other treatments such
as putting brackets to some of her lower teeth and tying them up with elastic (rubber band) ties to
corresponding upper teeth. After almost a year and when Angeline’s lower dental
arch has widen a bit, she was now ready for her first myobrace.
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| Angeline before her dental brackets treatment |
Would you believe that her first myobrace was the size of a
baby trainer? After another year, much improvement have been seen in Angeline’s
gums and overall facial structure and she was ready for her second trainer. Her
upper teeth have improved dramatically while her lower dental arch has widen tremendously! It doesn't resemble the V shape anymore. However, her lower teeth have big spaces between them and needed further
treatment so that Dr. Urbi decided to put her on dental brackets treatment.
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| Angeline enjoying her selfie video with her dental brackets treatment on |
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| The budding beauty with her lower teeth undergoing bracket treatment |
So we have been seeing Dr. Urbi for three years now and
Angeline’s bracket treatment is on its 5th month. Believe me, she
has grown to be a beautiful young lady with her sweet smile even with her
brackets still on. The treatment -- myofunctional therapy and brackets on her lower teeth -- may take another year but the long wait will surely be worth it. Kudos to Dr. Urbi
for not giving up on the dental case of Angeline. She is the living proof of
Dr. Urbi’s advocacy and the never say die spirit of a doctor, a true professional
and discipline triathlete, a loving husband and father, and a man of God.
(To be continued: Dr. Gamaliel Urbi up close)
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