When is the best time for orthodontics? Many parents are very confused when they face their “sweetheart” misfit deformity.
When is it appropriate to have orthodontic treatment?
When is orthodontic better period?
In terms of the best orthodontic period, when the teeth are replaced and the jaw still has the potential to develop during the rapid youth growth period (generally 11-13 years old for girls and 12-14 years old for boys), this is the best period for fixed orthodontic treatment, and the vast majority of malocclusion can be solved at this time.
Before correction, the doctor will conduct detailed oral examination, take X-ray, take analysis model, and conduct comprehensive analysis, so as to arrive at the correct diagnosis and treatment plan. Generally, malocclusion needs to be treated for one to two years, and then transferred to the maintenance period.
Some severe skeletal malocclusion may not achieve ideal results after correction or relapse due to abnormal growth pattern, and orthognathic surgery should be performed in adulthood.
Some adults have missed the youth rapid growth and development period of orthodontic better period, but there is still a strong desire to orthodontic teeth, as long as the body is healthy, no systemic disease, no dental caries, periodontal disease, temporomandibular arthropathy, orthodontic treatment.
If there are above diseases, after specialist treatment, the elimination of symptoms in the stable period can still be orthodontic treatment.
However, there is a difference between adult orthodontics and children’s orthodontics. Adults have no potential for growth and development, so serious skeletal deformities can only be achieved by orthognathic surgery combined with orthodontic comprehensive treatment.
For mild and moderate bone deformities, bone defects can be covered by compensatory tooth movement. Some patients are difficult to achieve the ideal goal of correction due to their own factors and the existence of diseases. They can only be treated specially according to the actual situation to improve the appearance to a large extent and achieve functional occlusion.
In addition, the adult metabolism is slow, the tooth movement speed is slower than the youth, the treatment time should be prolonged accordingly, the adult has more social activities, the aesthetic requirement of the appliance is higher, there are ceramic brackets, lingual orthodontic technology and no brackets orthodontic system can meet the needs of adult beauty.
