Will you wear braces when you are younger?
No, parents don't have to worry too much. In fact, most children do not need special orthodontic treatment.
Especially in the process of changing teeth, children will have some temporary malocclusion during the period of 6- 12 years old, which can be improved or corrected by themselves with the growth and development of children.
Because the child's teeth are not very beautiful at this time, we also call it "ugly duckling stage" for short. Parents can take a closer look at the following situations. Children do not need orthodontics.
1. When the maxillary incisors just erupted, there was a gap between them, or they were splayed. This is because lateral incisors will squeeze the root of incisors when they erupt, and generally lateral incisors will squeeze and close the gap between them after they erupt.
2. When the lateral incisor just erupted, the crown was tilted in a figure of eight. This is because the roots of lateral incisors will be squeezed by the roots of tiger teeth during eruption, and generally tiger teeth will improve themselves after eruption.
3. At the beginning of the eruption of the front teeth, the teeth were slightly irregular. This is because permanent teeth erupt instead of deciduous teeth, but the crown of permanent teeth is larger than deciduous teeth, and the gap is insufficient, which leads to irregularity. In addition, the larger permanent teeth don't match the young smiling faces of children. With the development of children's jawbone, the capacity of jawbone increases, the slight irregularity will be improved, and the new teeth will not appear big and abrupt.
4. The front teeth have slight deep overbite, and the upper front teeth are more wrapped around the lower front teeth. This is because the second permanent molars and tiger teeth have not erupted, and the occlusal support is not enough, which can be improved after the eruption of the second permanent molars and tiger teeth.
5. The occlusion of upper and lower teeth is not a strict cusp occlusion relationship, because the size ratio of permanent teeth and deciduous teeth is different, and the permanent teeth will be improved after replacement.
What is the best age for orthodontics?
According to the doctor, the best correction time is generally twelve or thirteen years old. The permanent teeth have been replaced and the bone repair ability is very good.
Parents can find a professional orthodontist for face-to-face consultation to see if the child's maxillofacial bone development is abnormal, or if there are any dental problems that affect the maxillofacial bone development. For example, if the ground covers the sky and the chin is small, it is necessary to intervene in advance and correct it as soon as possible.
Of course, adults can also correct it! Alveolar bone can be reconstructed for life.
For example, buck teeth, grinning, chin retraction, common oral cavity and respiratory surface can also be recovered by correction in adulthood. As long as the periodontal tissue is healthy and there is no upper age limit for correction, you can wear braces regardless of 18 or 58 years old. It is only because the speed of adult bone remodeling is slow, so the correction cycle is longer than that of teenagers, which usually takes about 2-2.5 years.
However, for some jaw development problems, such as severe bony encirclement and jaw deviation, it is not easy to solve them by simply wearing braces.