Patient Instructions for use with the NitomŒ Locking Facebow

To be read with parents/guardians and siblings.

1. Fit your headgear/neckgear and NitomŒ locking facebow as instructed by your orthodontist.

2. Never wear your headgear/neckgear and Nitom facebow when playing or messing around.

Never allow anyone to grab and pull on your facebow or headgear/neckgear. If they do, take hold of the facebow yourself until they have let go. Then check that everything is still fitting correctly.

3. When fitting your headgear/neckgear and Nitom facebow always fit the NitomŒ facebow first. When you have put the facebow ends into the tubes on your fixed appliance (Fixed brace), check the catch is correctly locked by holding your cheek out with one finger and looking in a mirror. Then confirm the lock is working properly by lightly pulling forward on the Nitom facebow.

You can fit and lock your Nitom facebow to your removable appliance(removable brace) outside your mouth before fitting both into your mouth. Once you are happy the Nitom facebow is correctly locked in place, attach your headgear/neckgear to the outer Nitom hook at the correct hole on the strap.

4. When removing your headgear/neckgear and Nitom facebow, always remove the headgear/neckgear first, before unlocking the Nitom facebow.

5. If your headgear/neckgear or Nitom facebow ever come off at night or cause you any other problems, stop wearing them and contact

your orthodontist.

6. If in the rare and unlikely circumstances you suspect that part of your headgear/neckgear/facebow might have caused an injury to an eye, you should ask an eye Doctor to examine your eye without delay to obtain the best advice.

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