If we pay attention, we will find that there are many children with braces around, and even some adults have joined the army of orthodontists. Who doesn’t want to smile and show a row of white and straight teeth? With the continuous improvement of orthodontic technology, most people who are willing to do orthodontic treatment have neat and beautiful teeth is no longer a dream.
Many people have the desire for orthodontic treatment and orthodontic treatment has full of doubts: whether there is a way to prevent and control the alignment of teeth, the best age for orthodontic treatment, whether orthodontic treatment will lead to loose teeth, etc. The problems often raised by patients in the clinic are summarized below and analyzed and explained for your reference one by one.
1.Does the unevenness of the teeth only bring us aesthetic problems?
The answer is no. The misalignment of teeth can easily cause food embedment, not easy to clean, which provides a breeding ground for bacteria, leading to the proliferation of carious bacteria, producing acidic metabolites, causing dental caries; some bacteria produce toxins, causing inflammation, causing gum congestion, edema, bleeding, if the inflammation continues to develop, it may evolve into periodontitis. Some patients also have psychological disorder because of the misalignment of teeth, which affects physical and mental health. In addition, part of the grinding teeth is also caused by the misalignment of teeth.
2, there is no way to prevent and control the misalignment of teeth.
We need to pay attention to the following points.
① Whether the child has bad habits such as finger sucking, tongue licking, lip biting and mouth breathing.
② Whether the child has misaligned eruption of permanent teeth and late eruption of permanent teeth in the process of tooth replacement.
③ Pay attention to the child’s food composition and reduce the proportion of fine and soft food intake so that the chewing function can be fully utilized and jaw bone development can be stimulated.
If parents pay attention to the above points and actively assist their children in prevention, the development of malocclusion may be curbed or to some extent reduced. However, in many cases, especially with the presence of congenital genetic factors, the generation and development of malocclusion is difficult to control by purely preventive methods, so most of the malocclusion needs to be corrected after orthodontic treatment.
3.What is the best age for orthodontic treatment?
We recommend that children without skeletal development problems should go to the orthodontic department for routine checkups at the age of ten, because with the development of treatment technology, certain small patients with crowded teeth can be treated before the second molar erupts, which can greatly reduce the rate of tooth extraction.
4.Is there any age limit for orthodontic treatment?
Nowadays, there is no upper age limit for orthodontic treatment. Only the age will make the oral condition more complicated (such as suffering from caries, periodontal disease, implants or restorations in the mouth), periodontal tissue response is reduced, the treatment time is prolonged, and the corresponding cost is higher.
5.Will there be a relapse after orthodontics
The moment the aligners are removed does not mean that all treatment is over. To ensure the effectiveness of treatment, we must wear retainers. Most patients need to maintain 1-2 years or more. Relapse is directly related to how well the retainer is worn.
6.Will orthodontic treatment cause loose and lost teeth after old age
A healthy orthodontic treatment will not cause loosening or loss of teeth after the end of orthodontic treatment. Before orthodontic treatment begins, the doctor will do a full analysis of the situation of each tooth, and for some teeth that may have problems, the doctor will make a good explanation with the patient in advance.
7.Can patients with periodontitis do orthodontic treatment?
Yes, with the continuous improvement of orthodontic treatment and oral treatment level, the scope of indications for orthodontic treatment is getting wider and wider, periodontitis patients are no longer a forbidden area for orthodontic treatment, but there should be a good and stable periodontal environment before orthodontic treatment starts, and strict periodontal monitoring should be done throughout the orthodontic treatment process, and periodontal condition should be reviewed regularly so that problems can be found in time.
8.What kind of people need orthodontic treatment
If measured by strict medical standards, about 90% of people need treatment, even if the second best, there are about 60% of people need orthodontics. Of course, orthodontics is a special treatment because it not only includes function, but also may be more related to aesthetics, and different countries, races, genders, and even different personalities have different aesthetic concepts, so the need for orthodontics and the specific treatment plan need to be made through good communication between the patient and the doctor to make the final decision.
9.Wearing orthodontic braces teeth become loose, what happened
Orthodontic treatment process in short, is to apply the right force to the teeth to loosen the teeth, and then move the teeth to the target position, so a certain degree of loosening of the teeth is normal, but if there is significant loosening and other conditions, please contact the orthodontist in time, so that the doctor can help you determine.
By this point, you should have a preliminary understanding of orthodontic treatment. If there are still doubts, then you can go to the regular hospital to consult the orthodontist. Finally, to end this article with the words of Tweed, a famous orthodontist: “The world should be a happy place for children to live, and if their physical and mental health and future marriages are hindered by malocclusion, as orthodontists, we should do everything we can to restore their happiness, even if there is a slight possibility.”