The difference between bone and tooth

Some people may have the problem of protruding mouth, which has a great impact on personal appearance. Even if the face shape and other parts are relatively good-looking, the protruding mouth will make the whole person look very ungraceful. It is best to treat the problem of protruding mouth. Protruding mouth can be divided into two types: bony and dental, which require different methods. What is the difference between bony and dental ones? Let me introduce it to people below.

Methods to determine whether a tooth is skeletal or dental:

1. Close your mouth. If you have bony protrusion, your lips will look very thick, turned outward and wide! This is mainly because the protrusion of the alveolar bone makes the entire mouth bulge out, making it look like an orangutan. If the teeth are protruding, the lips will be turned outward, but overall the width of the mouth is still small and not very wide or large.

2. Open your mouth, lift your lips and look at the position of your gums. Basically, people with protruding teeth have smooth gums, and their gums do not show when they smile. People with bony protrusion have convex gums with a large curvature. In severe cases, the gums on both sides will protrude in a square shape. When they laugh, the entire gums are exposed outside the lips, making them look very fierce.

3. Touch the left and right sides of your philtrum, which is the skin between your upper lip and nostrils. People with bony protrusion can feel a bulging bone protruding when they touch it, making the philtrum very deep and looking like a monkey's mouth. For those with protruding teeth, there is no serious bone protrusion in that area. It feels flat and the philtrum is not very concave or deep.

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Teeth with skeletal protrusion can only be corrected through surgery, while simple dental protrusion can be corrected by orthodontics. In addition, misaligned teeth must be corrected through orthodontics.

How to differentiate between skeletal and dental protrusions?

1. Different causes

Skeletal protrusions are mostly caused by genetics and are greatly influenced by family heredity and racial evolution. Dental protrusions are mostly formed during the growth period of permanent teeth, such as obstacles during the tooth replacement period, some bad oral habits such as sticking out the tongue, biting foreign objects, and respiratory obstruction diseases.

2. Different symptoms

Skeletal protrusions are mainly caused by bony protrusions, and are mainly manifested by open lips and exposed teeth. The lips cannot close naturally, and the gums are too exposed when smiling, often accompanied by chin retraction. When the mouth is forced to close, there is an obvious soft tissue bulge between the lower lip and the chin. The upper and lower front teeth in the mouth are lip-tilted, often accompanied by crowding and unevenness, and the front teeth have deep overbite and deep overjet.

Dental protrusion is usually a problem of protruding teeth. It is mainly caused by a small dental arch leading to crowded growth of the teeth. The teeth are abnormally squeezed out or squeezed in, causing uneven teeth. The appearance of protruding teeth is actually just the protrusion of the teeth.

3. Different correction methods

Dental protrusion can be significantly improved through simple orthodontic treatment. There are various correction methods and materials on the market, and naturally the prices are also different. If you are still young and have time for correction, and you are not very demanding on aesthetics, you can choose to wear braces, which is medically known as traditional orthodontic methods, including metal brackets, self-ligating brackets, ceramic brackets, etc. It should be reminded that wearing braces requires a certain amount of adaptation time, and special attention should be paid to maintaining oral hygiene.