What to do if the gap between teeth is wide

In daily life, we are often troubled by wide gaps between teeth. Everyone wants to have white and neat teeth. There are many reasons for wide gaps between teeth. It may be caused by eating too much candy when you were a child and having tooth decay. You don’t have to worry too much about wide gaps between teeth. We can go to the dentist and take some methods to repair the wide gaps between teeth. Let’s talk about what methods we can take to solve the problem of wide gaps between teeth.

Treatment of wide gaps between teeth:

1. Regular dental care: Teeth cleaning is an effective measure to prevent gingivitis and periodontal diseases. Regular teeth cleaning once every three to six months is the most effective way to maintain oral hygiene.

2. Master the correct method of brushing your teeth: choose a soft-bristled toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste. When necessary, use toothpicks and dental floss to clean areas that are difficult to reach with a toothbrush to maintain good oral hygiene.

3. Extract abnormally growing wisdom teeth as soon as possible to eliminate the gap between the tilted wisdom teeth and the front molars, which is beneficial to protecting the molars.

4. Poor restorations or dentures are difficult to clean, which will lead to poor oral hygiene and gum atrophy. Do not seek convenience and cheapness by going to clinics with low technical levels and irregular operations to get dentures. This is also the main reason for poor restorations.

5. Develop good oral hygiene habits. When you don’t have time or it is inconvenient to brush your teeth, you can rinse your mouth with water or tea instead to keep your mouth clean and hygienic.

6. Actively treat periodontal diseases: Gum and periodontal tissue diseases can cause gum recession, resulting in gaps between teeth. It is recommended to actively carry out systematic treatment of periodontal diseases, especially if there is bleeding gums, loose or displaced individual teeth. You should go to the hospital for examination in time for symptomatic treatment.

7. Use interdental brushes appropriately: When teeth are not aligned properly or periodontal disease or degenerative lesions cause gum atrophy and expose the tooth roots, obvious gaps will form between the teeth, which can easily trap food. In this case, an interdental brush is better than a toothpick.

8. Develop the habit of using dental floss: Hard and low-quality toothpicks can easily damage the gums. It is best to use dental floss instead of toothpicks. Soft dental floss can pass through the physiological gaps between teeth smoothly without damaging human teeth, and can effectively remove food debris and dirt between the gaps.

9. Orthodontic treatment to close the gaps between teeth: stick metal orthodontic brackets on the tooth surface, use orthodontic correction methods to close the gaps and restore the dental arch shape of the entire dentition. This will take a relatively long time.

10. Porcelain crowns can be used to repair large gaps between teeth: If the teeth are not neatly arranged and the gaps between teeth are relatively large, and adults have passed the growth and development period, porcelain crowns can be considered for restoration to restore the normal tooth shape and close the gaps between teeth.