Braces usually don't need to be worn for a lifetime. Wearing braces can effectively improve the symptoms of irregular tooth arrangement and make teeth more neat and beautiful. It usually takes about 2 to 3 years to wear, depending on the degree of tooth deformity of beauty lovers. However, after the braces are removed, you need to wear the retainer, which can consolidate and correct the teeth and prevent the rebound. During wearing braces, you should go to the hospital regularly for reexamination, pay more attention to oral hygiene, brush your teeth every morning and evening, and don't eat too hard food in your diet. When the occlusal function is affected, the protrusion and irregular arrangement of teeth can be improved. In the process of orthodontics, we need to go to the hospital regularly for reexamination, and we also need to adjust the braces, which can help the teeth get better orthodontics.

Do I need to wear braces all day?

Braces are generally worn by children to maintain the symptoms after correction, that is, to maintain the effect after correction. Adult or fixed orthodontic treatment generally needs to be worn all day, at least 1-3 years, and the wearing time can be appropriately reduced in the later period. In pediatrics, it is more likely to be a retainer worn after early occlusion induction correction. This retainer should be put in the back and worn all day, 1-3 months. You can wear it in the back at night, and there is no need to wear it after the effect is stable. At the same time, in pediatrics, the retainer worn after early occlusion induction correction is more likely to stay behind. Usually you need to wear 1-3 months all day, and then you can wear it at night. After the effect is stable, there is no need to wear it again.

Should I have my teeth pulled out with braces?

You don't need braces for tooth extraction. If there is something wrong with your teeth, go to the orthodontics department for orthodontic treatment. According to clinical examination and X-ray examination, the doctor will make a detailed personalized orthodontic treatment plan through model analysis. If orthodontic tooth extraction is needed, it must be extracted. If orthodontic treatment can be achieved without tooth extraction, there is no need for tooth extraction. It depends on the analysis results of the exam before making a final decision. After orthodontic treatment, firstly, the teeth can be arranged neatly and beautifully, secondly, the occlusal relationship can be improved, the function of chewing food can be better, and the facial beauty of people can be improved. If your teeth have enough gaps, you don't need to pull out your teeth; You can also get enough tooth space by slicing, expanding the arch and moving the molars.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of braces?

1. Correcting the occlusal relationship: the teeth are irregularly arranged, which is prone to malocclusion. Long-term unbalanced bite force easily affects chewing function, causing tooth wear and even premature loosening and falling off. Correcting occlusal relationship with braces can restore the normal occlusion and physiological function of teeth;

2, conducive to tooth cleaning: when the teeth are crowded or irregularly arranged, it is easy to cause too much food residue after eating, which is not easy to clean. After a long time, oral odor, tooth decay, dental calculus and so on. It will happen. Wearing braces to correct teeth and restore normal arrangement is beneficial to cleaning teeth.

3, foreign body sensation: in the early stage of wearing braces, patients may feel foreign body sensation because braces are not suitable for putting into the mouth, causing inconvenience in chewing or speaking; Pain: Toothache will occur when braces are worn due to their fixation and orthopedic effects. In addition, in the early stage of wearing braces or appliances improperly, steel wire brackets or nails will rub the oral mucosa and tongue, and even bleed. At this time, patients often feel pain.