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Is adult orthodontics effective?
No matter how white the skin is, the hunchback is not good-looking and the teeth are not good-looking. Moreover, according to the dentist, the big whistle teeth are rarely arranged neatly, often crooked and crowded, which is not only unsightly, because it is difficult to clean, but also easy to lead to dental caries and periodontitis, further damaging the health and beauty of teeth. Dental experts pointed out that the key to the beauty of big whistle teeth is to make the protruding teeth retract, stand upright and arrange neatly. As long as the patient actively cooperates with the treatment, age is not a problem. Adult orthodontic effect is also ideal.

Adults often whistle, but not many people can correct their teeth. This is because many people have a concern: have I missed the best correction period at this age? Dental experts said that with the development of orthodontic technology, there is no age limit for orthodontic treatment. Whether to correct it depends mainly on the patient's economic situation, time, general body and oral situation.

Objectively speaking, the growth and development of adults have been completed, the suture of maxillofacial region has become bony fusion, the plasticity of bones and neuromuscular is low, and the metabolic rate of adults is slow and the biological reactivity is reduced, so the orthodontics of adults is much more complicated than that of children. Compared with teenagers, the treatment of adults is mainly tooth movement, and serious skeletal deformities need orthognathic surgery to correct. The course of treatment and maintenance time are relatively long, generally taking one and a half to two years. Most adult patients are independent, can actively cooperate with the treatment, carry out the doctor's advice well and maintain oral hygiene, so some courses of treatment will even be shortened, and the final correction effect is equally ideal.

No tooth extraction is required before orthodontic treatment.

In the process of correcting whistle teeth, many patients extract teeth first and then correct them. People around me think this is a necessary procedure, because they are afraid of tooth extraction, so they even give up orthodontics, which is a very common misunderstanding.

Dental experts say that not every orthodontic patient needs tooth extraction. Whether to extract teeth in orthodontic treatment needs to be decided by orthodontists after comprehensive consideration of various factors such as clinical examination, model analysis and X-ray examination. Generally speaking, the main purpose of tooth extraction is to relieve tooth crowding; Retract the anterior teeth and improve the protrusion of the dental arch; Coordinate the upper and lower dental arches. The gap left after tooth extraction is exactly what doctors need for orthodontic purposes, such as teeth not aligned, anterior teeth adduction protruding and so on. When the orthodontics is completely completed, the gap will be closed.