How does my child use a facebow?
Generally, your child should wear the facebow for about 12 hours a day. The face bow should be inserted into the two holes on the buccal tubes at the back of your child’s mouth. The facebow should then be connected to the breakaways, and on to the neckpad or other headgear. We also recommend a facebow safety strap. • Are there any dangers with a facebow? A facebow uses headgear to provide the force needed to move your child’s jaw. There is so called high pull headgear, which has straps over the top of a child’s head, and around his neck, and cervical headgear which only have straps around a child’s neck. Many Manufacturers do not sell high pull headgear because we consider high pull headgear risky. High pull headgear has been known to snap a facebow. In rare cases, the parts from the facebow have been known to go into a child’s eye. Sometimes, high pull headgear is the only alternative to surgery, and so an orthodontist will prescribe it. Still, we recommend that parents and children b
