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Do you need to extract teeth before orthodontics?
Tooth extraction is very common in orthodontics, but not all orthodontics need tooth extraction. Whether to pull out a tooth depends on your actual situation, and then decide whether to pull out a tooth.

Tooth extraction is not a necessary step in orthodontics. Generally speaking, it is best not to extract teeth, but in the following cases, doctors will recommend orthodontics after tooth extraction.

Crowded and untidy

This kind of people have tooth deformity because of the mismatch between tooth quantity and bone quantity. When correcting teeth, a certain number of teeth need to be extracted to coordinate the relationship between tooth quantity and bone quantity, relieve dentition crowding and reduce the recurrence of deformity.

Need to correct occlusal relationship

In this group of people, because of the asymmetry of the occlusion between the upper and lower teeth, it is necessary to adjust the occlusion relationship by extracting teeth.

Facial protrusion

For people with facial protrusion, a certain number of teeth should be pulled out to obtain a certain gap, so that the front teeth will retract and the rear teeth will move forward, which will help to relieve facial protrusion and make the facial profile more beautiful.