Carriere Motion Appliance

The Carriere^® Motion™ appliance is a simpler way to prepare for braces

Misaligned teeth are not only embarrassing, but they can also be harder to clean, increasing your risk of tooth decay and gum disease. Braces may seem like the obvious answer, but severe occlusions on the mandibular arch, or top row of your teeth, can sometimes mean that braces are not an option without surgery or tooth extraction to prepare your mouth for them.

Fortunately, there’s now an alternative way to deal with posterior occlusions, or misaligned back teeth, before braces. The Carriere^® Motion™ Appliance corrects misalignment of the canine teeth and molars on either the upper arch while only attaching to three teeth.

A short and discreet alignment process

Treatment with the Carriere^® Motion™ Appliance typically takes three to four months, cutting significant amounts of time off traditional orthodontic procedures, and can quickly deliver highly visible results.

The Carriere^® Motion™ Appliance involves the use of an appliance called a distalizer, which attaches to the canine tooth and second-to-last molar on each side of your mouth. A tooth on each side of the bottom row will be selected as an anchor, and an elastic band will connect the anchor tooth to the distalizer.

The elastic bands will create a light, uniform force that rotates and straightens the first molars, while pulling the entire segment, from canine or premolar to molars, distally, into proper alignment. By then end of treatment, the segments average a change of 3-6 mm in position.