What are the effects of orthodontic treatment on future life?

Teeth have a great impact on people. The quality of teeth will not only affect our appearance, but also affect our oral diseases. Teeth are very important to us. Teeth are the most important things for chewing and swallowing. If the teeth are abnormal, they need to be treated through orthodontic methods. If the teeth are not corrected, it will cause serious effects on our oral cavity. What are the effects of correcting teeth in the future?

01It’s OK to have crooked teeth

The harm caused by a mouthful of crooked teeth is far greater than you can imagine. For children, it mainly manifests itself in terms of function, health and psychology, affecting the normal performance of children's oral functions, such as chewing function, pronunciation function, and breathing function; affecting the beauty of the face; affecting the health of periodontal tissues and oral hygiene, causing caries (cavities), tartar (tartar), gingivitis (bleeding gums), etc.; damage to the facial image affects the children's mental health, and in severe cases it will also affect their evaluation and expectations of themselves in the future.

A foreign friend said after having his teeth straightened: "Adolescence is a huge change. Now I am 25 years old, I am grateful for the person I was then."

02 Orthodontics is plastic surgery

Some people think that orthodontics is cosmetic surgery and has no other use except to improve aesthetics.

Although orthodontic treatment has a huge impact on a person's appearance, it is definitely different from plastic surgery. True orthodontics first addresses the issue of oral health, and then the issue of aesthetics. For example, improper bite may cause temporomandibular joint disorder and even migraine; inefficient chewing may affect physical health, etc. These are the primary issues that orthodontics addresses.

It is not only people with crooked teeth who need correction. Orthodontic treatment also includes improving the occlusion and function of the teeth, improving facial morphology, and the beauty of the soft tissue profile. Common problems in life such as protruding teeth, underbite, no chin, and large gaps between teeth all need to be corrected, which is why it can have miraculous effects comparable to plastic surgery.

03 Aligning the front teeth is to straighten the teeth

Orthodontic treatment is not only about aligning the front teeth, but more importantly, it is about establishing a stable occlusal relationship between the upper and lower teeth, especially the molars at the back, and restoring good oral chewing function. An important criterion for judging the quality of orthodontic treatment is the quality of the posterior teeth occlusion.

04 Orthodontics can only be performed at the age of 12

This idea is actually biased and even harmful. With the continuous updating and development of orthodontic technology, there is no age limit for tooth correction, but there is an optimal period for correction. If correction is performed during the optimal correction period, the time required will be shorter and the cost will be lower.

In Japan, orthodontics for children is divided into two stages:

Phase 1 correction (also called skeletal correction) is mainly to improve the coordinated development of the jawbone while the child's jawbone is still developing. The best age is 3 to 12 years old.

Phase 2 correction (also called dentition correction) mainly adjusts the position of teeth to achieve harmonious and neat arrangement of teeth and normal occlusion. It is suitable for ages 10 to adults.

Some children may even skip the second phase of treatment because the first phase of correction is timely and effective.

05 Elderly people cannot correct their teeth

This statement is completely wrong. Whether it is the elderly or children, tooth movement is just a bone remodeling process in the living body. However, the individual situation of each elderly person is different, and the time to start correction is also different. Therefore, whether you are old or young, it is possible to correct it.