Correct teeth and remove malocclusion and deformity. Orthodontics mainly studies the etiology, mechanism, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of malocclusion. Orthodontics can achieve the effect of beautiful teeth.
Orthodontic treatment is mainly to adjust the coordination of maxillofacial bones, teeth, nerves and muscles through various orthodontic devices, that is, to adjust the abnormal relationship between upper and lower jaws, between upper and lower teeth, between teeth and jaws, and between nerves and muscles connecting them, and its ultimate goal is to realize the balance, stability and beauty of oral and maxillofacial system.
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Compared with children, adults will have more restrictions when receiving comprehensive orthodontic treatment. If the problem of occlusal teeth is caused by maxillary dysplasia, because the face and bones of adults have been basically shaped, it should be cured by orthodontic treatment.
Only the combination of orthodontics and maxillofacial surgery can correct the deviation of adult jaw development. Generally speaking, functional orthoses used to correct skeletal dysplasia in children are not successful in adults.
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