What are the misconceptions about orthodontics?

Tooth extraction can have adverse effects on the body: many patients and their families believe that tooth extraction will affect the chewing function of the tooth, so they give up orthodontic treatment, in fact, this is also a misunderstanding of orthodontics. Tooth extraction is a necessary step for some dental deformities correction to allow the teeth to be realigned and improve the aesthetics of the face.

There are no adverse health effects. Orthodontics is only for small children: Many people think that orthodontics is only for children, and adults can't do orthodontics.

This view is wrong. After the growth and development of adults has stopped, the teeth have been fixed, and if there is no particularly severe periodontitis, the teeth can be corrected. Of course, correction is more difficult than in children, and it can only be corrected by surgery.

Orthodontic treatment is very painful and cannot be eaten: Generally speaking, after each orthodontic afterburner, there will be a slight pain and discomfort for two to three days, but it will disappear soon within the range that the deceased person can bear, which is a normal reaction and will not be very painful. You can also eat with orthodontics, but you should avoid biting and other behaviors, and you should also avoid eating sticky things, and you can eat everything else without much scruples.

Dental deformities can affect the aesthetics first, and in severe cases, the facial contours. It is the damage to the teeth themselves, and the crooked teeth can easily lead to unclean toothbrushing, caries and tartar, which affects the health of the teeth and periodontals. Due to the poor relationship between the upper and lower bites, it affects eating, and the chewing relationship decreases, which increases the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, thus affecting the health of the body.

Affect pronunciation and cause unclear speech. Because of the unsightly teeth, the child is ridiculed by his classmates, and becomes inferior, which affects his mental health. Therefore, crooked teeth must attract the attention of parents, pay attention to their children's teeth, and have regular check-ups.

The faster the teeth move, the better. There is a biological law to the movement of teeth. Within a certain range of force values, the teeth move the fastest, and the smaller the ***.

If the minimum force is not reached, the teeth will naturally not move. However, if the force is too large, the tooth will not only not speed up, but will have the opposite effect, and at the same time, the latent absorption of alveolar bone will occur, and the periodontal tissue will not be repaired, resulting in tooth loosening, pain, and even root resorption and pulp necrosis. As the saying goes, you can't get there.

It can be seen that in the orthodontic process, only according to the laws of biology, the scientific use of force can achieve the purpose of both fast and good.

There will be a slight loosening of the tooth during the correction process, but after a period of maintenance after the orthodontic treatment, the alveolar bone around the tooth will be reconstructed, and the tooth will become as stable as before. In addition, the need for tooth extraction during orthodontic treatment** depends on the degree of crowding of the patient's own teeth and the development of bones. The purpose of tooth extraction is to use the extraction space to align crowded teeth; Use the tooth extraction gap to improve the protrusion of the dental arch and improve the face shape; The occlusal relationship of the posterior teeth was adjusted by using the tooth extraction space, so that the cusp fossa of the posterior teeth was staggered, and the occlusal contact area was maximized, so as to achieve the best chewing efficiency.

Orthodontic treatment is a long-term systematic project, from the primary tooth stage to pay attention to the child's dental health and development, some serious deformities such as crossbite, in the primary tooth stage to carry out the early **. It is important to establish contact with the orthodontist at the beginning of the child's tooth replacement, have regular check-ups, observe the tooth replacement, and intervene in some bad habits and replacement disorders that may cause malocclusion. Some serious skeletal deformities, such as maxillary protrusion, mandibular protrusion, and open jaw, require early correction before the arrival of puberty to block the development of malocclusion and guide the normal growth of teeth and jaws.