In today’s society, the more important function of the mouth is to serve as the first line of interpersonal relationships, and there are many studies that point out: [Shift your attention to your mouth.] Therefore, although the eyes can attract people, but to maintain interpersonal communication is more important to maintain a cheerful and confident smile. Many people are afraid to open their mouths and smile because of poor dentition, which creates barriers to interpersonal communication and makes their personalities shrink inward, which is unfortunate, and some dental malocclusions may affect the accuracy of pronunciation. Therefore, parents should not have the mentality that “it’s okay if your teeth are messed up, just do it when you grow up”. Orthodontics is not just about straightening teeth, but also about straightening teeth, bunions, and other facial features. Orthodontics can help to harmonize the proportions of your face and make your smile look healthier and more attractive. What is orthodontics? Orthodontics is the process of straightening and aligning teeth, not only for children, but also for adults. 1999 data showed that the number of adults requesting orthodontic treatment increased from 17% to 24% compared to 1979. Why do I need orthodontic treatment for malocclusion? Malocclusion or malocclusion can cause long-term adverse effects. For example: 1, affecting the normal development of the jaw 2, developing bad swallowing habits 3, causing abnormal facial muscle function 4, affecting the efficiency of chewing 5, speech is affected 6, crowded teeth are not easy to clean, easy to cause cavities 7, convex front teeth are prone to injury and breakage Why do I need orthodontic treatment? Whether you are a teenager or an adult, you need orthodontic treatment if you have any of the following phenomena: 1) malocclusion (teeth are not in their normal biting position), 2) malocclusion (crowded teeth), 3) you are not very satisfied with the appearance of your own teeth Timing of Orthodontic Treatment Overall, the best time for orthodontic treatment is around 12-15 years old for boys and 11-14 years old for girls. Overall, the best time for orthodontic treatment in general is around 12-15 years old for boys and 11-14 years old for girls, due to the fact that the jaws at this age are in the stage of growth and development can get better results. As the age increases, the treatment period may be longer and the results may be slightly less favorable. There are also many children who require early orthodontic treatment, depending on the individual case. Common types of dental irregularities 1, dental crowding, canine protrusion (tiger teeth): dental arch and teeth size can not match, not enough space to cause teeth overlap crowded state, the lower jaw to the second molar eruption of the latest and crowded to the lingual side. 2, gap between the teeth: the arch and the size of the teeth can not match, when the teeth are too small arch is too large, it will cause the teeth of the arrangement of rare gaps. 3.Bridged teeth: can be categorized into dental and skeletal teeth, most of which can be treated with traditional orthodontic treatment, while patients with severe teeth ripples have to cooperate with oral surgery in order to achieve an ideal appearance and occlusal function. 4, open bite: maxillary front teeth and mandibular front teeth should be closed, vertical coverage of the normal 2mm, if the upper and lower front teeth can not bite on the open bite, will lead to the upper and lower incisors can not cut and bite the food, talking leakage of saliva, the mouth can not be closed. 5, anticlinal: also known as anti-bite, that is, the lower jaw front teeth to bite the upper jaw front teeth outside, that is, commonly known as the circumference of the sky, in addition to aesthetic problems, will cause chewing, pronunciation and other dysfunctions. The appearance of moon face. If it is a bony jawbone abnormality caused by the inversion, often need to be combined with orthognathic surgery to treat. 6.Teeth tilt: Long-term loss of teeth leads to tilt of adjacent teeth or the other biting teeth, resulting in difficulties in making dentures, at this time, orthodontic methods are needed to correct the tilted teeth, so that the roots of the teeth have a good parallelism for the reconstruction of dentures. 7.Abnormalities of face and jaws: If the development of jaws is not right and then causes the face to be crooked, it is often necessary to combine orthodontic correction and orthognathic surgery to adjust the relationship of jaws to the normal position before arranging the teeth in the correct jaws and restoring the aesthetics and functions.