What is functional orthopedics?

It is the discipline that stimulates and guides the growth of the jawbones by modifying muscle function and posture, especially during childhood and adolescence.

Who offers functional orthopedics for children in Montevideo?

Specialists in children's craniofacial growth, such as the team at Clínica Nappa Severino, led by Dr. Federico Nappa Severino, a specialist in Orthodontics and Functional Jaw Orthopedics (Universidad Católica del Uruguay).

Girl smiling with a functional orthopedic appliance

Treatments for children

Functional orthopedics

Functional orthopedics stimulates and guides the growth of the jawbones through muscle function and posture. It is for growing children and teenagers: its focus is not aligning teeth but harmonizing bone and muscle development.

How is functional orthopedics performed?

Functional jaw orthopedics uses removable intraoral and extraoral appliances. These appliances can produce oral and facial changes that allow control of the bone, muscle and dental structures.

1. Comprehensive diagnosis
2. Choice of functional appliance according to the goal of each case

Functional orthopedics is not about speed: it aims for a stable biological change.

A Clínica Nappa Severino clinician treating a patient

Functional orthopedics

Main goals

01
Stimulate or redirect bone growth
Orthopedics: correcting the growth of the jaws.
02
Retrain muscle function
Functional: through the muscles, tongue, breathing and posture.
03
Correct dysfunctional habits
Habits that disrupt the development of the mouth and face.

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