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For over 30 years, Dr. Rutrick has been successfully treating patients who have had a host of different types of dental alignment problems (crowding, etc.), temporomandiblar joint disorder conditions, and has maintained a subspecialty in facially deformed children with specific focus on the cleft palate birth defect patient.

Functionally and artistically it is better to be able to augment jaw development permitting the orthodontist to keep all of your natural teeth while developing a healthy, beautiful smile with pain-free jaw function.

By designing and making custom oral devices that are gentle, non-invasive and hardly visible,  upper and/or lower jaws may be assisted in development with the use of orthopedic appliances. Growing a person’s jaw non-surgically and gently does take time.

Non-surgical distraction osteogenesis is a well established treatment protocol. Utilizing it in specific cases can bring remarkable results.

Each case is a law unto itself. Dr. Rutrick considers tooth positioning, dental facial beauty, jaw alignment, and good function without pain all to be important to a successful outcome.