When we have made a decision to make our teeth more straight and beautiful through orthodontic treatment, let’s see what we need to do before treatment: 1, psychological adjustment How to correct the teeth is the doctor’s business, and whether or not to correct the teeth is your own business. The so-called psychological adjustment, that is, why you want to correct the teeth, and whether you can understand and accept the process of orthodontic treatment. As an adult patient, the decision is yours to make, but if it is your child who needs orthodontic treatment, then what you need to do is to tell him/her why you want orthodontic treatment and let him/her understand that orthodontic treatment is different from the conventional treatment of injections and medication, so that he/she can actively cooperate with the treatment in the future orthodontic process and achieve the desired orthodontic goal. Although orthodontics is not much pain, but it is a long course of treatment, usually in years, in a way you can say that orthodontic treatment is a test of the patient’s endurance and perseverance, in addition to the cost of treatment is not very cheap, in addition to some of the aforementioned inconvenience brought about by orthodontics, I hope these will not affect your determination to orthodontics. 2, exclude other systemic diseases orthodontic teeth is for aesthetic, and still Ho beauty appearance should first be healthy. So we should do a systematic health check before orthodontic treatment. Generally affect the orthodontic treatment of many systemic diseases, such as systemic diseases, diabetes, hepatitis, heart disease, kidney disease, etc., suffering from these diseases is not the same as completely unable to orthodontic treatment, when these diseases are under control, or can be treated. In addition, some skeletal metabolic diseases, developmental diseases and all diseases that affect the movement of teeth in the skeleton, orthodontists need to collaborate with other doctors to design orthodontic treatment plans. 3, maintain oral health Oral local health is very important for orthodontics, if we can have some oral health care knowledge, maintain a good oral health condition, then when we receive orthodontics, will save a lot of time. What can we do ourselves? The first is to maintain oral hygiene, regular dental cleaning, which is commonly referred to as “dental cleaning”. It should be said that scaling is not just a preparation for orthodontic treatment. Although we brush our teeth every day, and probably more than twice, it is impossible to clean every part of the teeth due to our different brushing techniques and the defects of the toothbrush itself, and in the long run, these parts will deposit stains and gradually mineralize and harden, becoming calculus. The gums in these areas also become inflamed, red and swollen due to their irritation, and bleed easily when brushing teeth or eating harder foods such as apples, and uneven teeth are more likely to occur. At this time, we can no longer restore oral hygiene through our own efforts, and have to resort to scaling by an oral surgeon or a professional periodontist. Depending on the state of tartar deposits, dental scaling should be performed every six months or once a year. Modern orthodontic technology mostly uses fixed braces, once the braces are worn in the mouth, they are no longer removed during the treatment for up to one or two years, so you can imagine that brushing your teeth is not an easy task after these things are attached to the smooth tooth surface. If the aligners are placed in a very unclean mouth, the existing inflammation will be aggravated and the gums will suffer from prolonged stimulation, and it will be difficult to return to the initial healthy state in the future, and sometimes new caries may appear during the orthodontic treatment, even if the teeth are aligned neatly, it is not worth the loss. Therefore, it is very important to establish a good oral hygiene environment before orthodontic treatment, and generally orthodontic treatment routinely requires dental cleaning before and after treatment.