MRC Trainer for Infant

Features

Design characteristics of the Infant Trainer ?oft

• Air Spring – allows a gentle, active stimulation to the growing face.
• Tongue Tag – actively trains the child to position their tongue and swallow correctly.
• Tongue Guard – prevents thumb sucking and subsequent tongue thrusting.
• Strap-tether – ensures that the Infant Trainer is not lost when spat out.

Description

Trainers – Primary Dentition for Children 3 – 5 Years

To assist development of teeth and jaws in the growing child.

• The Infant Trainer is a single-size appliance that actively encourages patients to chew correctly and exercise their jaw muscles.
• The Infant Trainer encourages nose breathing, and trains the patient to swallow and position the tongue correctly.
• Research clearly illustrates that correct facial, jaw and dental growth depends strongly on all of these factors.

Appliance use

Designed For

• Exercising jaw muscles
• Encouraging correct chewing
• Training correct nasal breathing
• Correcting tongue position
• Good replacement of pacifier / dummy

Works in Conjunction With Lip Trainer /p>

Next ApplianceThe Infant Trainer? – Hard.

Important Points

• Poor myofunctional habits such as incorrect swallowing and breathing through the mouth are the major cause of misaligned teeth and poor jaw development.
• Research has shown that the correction of these poor myofunctional habits improves facial and dental development.
• Due to the nature of removable appliances, patient compliance is essential.
• Therefore it is important to only select motivated patients and parents.
• If motivation is a problem, it may be better to suggest the use of conventional brackets.

Packaging

• 1 x Trainer

Direction to Use

How the Infant Trainer Soft works

• The Infant Trainer is an active exerciser that encourages patients to chew correctly while using the jaw muscles.
• The Infant Trainer helps patients breathe through their nose and it also trains them to swallow and position their tongue correctly.
• Research clearly illustrates that correct facial, jaw and dental growth depends strongly on all of these factors.
• The Infant Trainer may prevent the need for orthodontic treatment such as braces and extractions once the patient grows older.

Patient Selection

• The Infant Trainer is a viable alternative for all parents with children 3 – 5 years old who are familiar with pacifiers but are concerned about the possible negative dental impacts associated with pacifier use, thumb sucking, incorrect swallowing and mouth breathing.
• The Infant Trainer discourages all these poor habits, and stimulates a child jaw to ensure that correct facial and jaw growth is achieved.

Direction for use

The Infant Trainer must be worn for 1 hour each day and overnight while sleeping and always remember to follow these few simple steps:

• Lips together – at all times except when speaking.
• Breathe through the nose – to assist the development of the upper and lower jaws, and to achieve the correct bite.
• No lip activity when swallowing – which allows the front teeth to develop correctly.

Cleaning the Infant Trainer ?should be clean under warm running water every time the patient removes it from their mouth.

Use Myoclean tablets to correctly clean twice a week. Myoclean is the recommended cleaning agent for MRC’s appliances.