What Does a Pedodontist Do?

Orthodontics is to correct teeth, remove wrong teeth and deformities. Orthodontics mainly studies the etiology mechanism, diagnosis analysis and prevention and treatment of malocclusion. Orthodontics can achieve the effect of beautiful teeth.

Orthodontics

Orthodontics is to correct teeth, remove wrong teeth and deformities. Orthodontics mainly studies the etiology mechanism, diagnosis analysis and prevention and treatment of malocclusion. Orthodontics can achieve the effect of beautiful teeth.

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Orthodontic treatment mainly uses various correction devices to adjust the facial bones and teeth

1. Patients with crowded teeth: The teeth are inward and outward, not beautiful, not easy to clean, easy to get dental caries, easy to form calculus, and cause periodontal disease.

2. The anterior teeth (occlusion) is also known as the "bundle of heaven", which manifests as the lower anterior teeth biting outside the upper anterior teeth. Some people only have their teeth reversed. Sexual anti-jaw is manifested by underdevelopment of the maxilla (retraction) and overdevelopment of the mandible (protrusion), which results in a depression in the middle of the face and a crescent shape on the side, affecting aesthetics and function.

3 Interdental patients show excessive gaps between teeth.

4 Deep coverage: also known as "violent teeth", some of which are only manifested by the anterior protrusion of the upper or lower teeth, and some are deformed by bones. Some of these people have their upper front teeth and upper gums protruding too far, but the chin pinch is behind the upper lip, or there is no chin pinch at all.

5. Anterior protrusion of the double jaw, or anterior protrusion of the upper and lower teeth, causes anterior protrusion of the lip, and the lips can be closed with force.

6. Posterior teeth (occlusal), lock (occlusal): affects chewing function, and may cause maxillary deformity.

7. Deep cover

With the increasing demand of oral medicine technology and patients' aesthetic requirements for orthodontic treatment, orthodontic treatment has also developed from mobile brackets, buccal fixed brackets, and slowly developed ceramic brackets, self-locking brackets, and lingual invisible brackets. And bracket-free invisible brackets and other correction materials and methods. ^[9]

Periodontal disease patients, patients with poor oral hygiene habits, or patients with dental caries. Patients with systemic diseases such as hyperthyroidism, diabetes, tuberculosis, and mental illness should generally not receive orthodontic treatment, and severely malnourished and pregnant women should not be orthodontic. ^[14]

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Misunderstanding 1: Only children can receive orthodontic treatment

There is no age limit for orthodontics. Of course, adolescents have fast metabolism, strong adaptability, and the time required for orthodontics is relatively short. But this is by no means to say that orthodontics is limited to minors. Adult patients are perfectly acceptable for orthodontics as long as their periodontal conditions allow.

Misunderstanding 2: After the orthodontic tooth is old, it is easy to loosen and fall off.

This misunderstanding confuses orthodontics with periodontal disease. The looseness and loss of teeth are mainly due to the poor maintenance of the oral environment. The plaque around the teeth due to eating has not been cleaned in time. It further interacts with the minerals in the saliva to form tartar, which slowly accumulates over time and infects the surrounding areas. The tissue causes periodontitis. And the tissues around the teeth, such as alveolar bone, are absorbed by periodontitis. The area surrounded by the alveolar bone of the tooth root decreases with the alveolar bone absorption, and finally the phenomenon of loosening and shedding occurs. It is undeniable that during the orthodontic treatment, the degree of loosening will increase due to the stress and alveolar bone reconstruction, but when the orthodontic treatment is over and the teeth are no longer stressed, they will recover on their own. As long as the oral environment is properly maintained, periodontitis is avoided Occurrence, there will be no problem of tooth loosening and loss in the future.

Misunderstanding 3: Tooth extraction requires tooth extraction, which will affect physical health.

Extraction correction is a very common and mature treatment method. Extraction will not cause any adverse effects on the function and health of the patient. It should be said that the extraction treatment is to coordinate the inconsistency between the tooth mass and the bone mass. In the absence of obvious mandibular maladjustment, the origin of the malocclusion is that the space of the alveolar bone is not enough Existing results for all teeth. Not only can tooth extraction and bone mass match better, but treatment results can be more stable. In addition, the facial features of Orientals are that the nose is not straight enough, the lips are more protruded, and the development of the palate is not as good as that of the Western race. Therefore, in order to achieve a better facial shape, many patients (60%) need tooth extraction or correction.

Misunderstanding 4: Long orthodontic time, high cost, short treatment time for porcelain crown repair, once and for all.

Teeth are different from machines. Tooth movement itself is a physiological process, and the speed of treatment is limited by normal physiology. Adult correction usually takes one and a half to two years. Although the treatment period of porcelain crown is short, after all, dentures are dentures, and the ground tooth tissue cannot be regenerated. The later maintenance and long-term prognosis (general replacement of porcelain crowns is recommended every five to ten years) cannot be ignored. What some doctors advertise is lifelong restorations. There are many unscrupulous practitioners in the workshop who misappropriated the concept of porcelain crowns and came up with the so-called cosmetic crowns for 7 days of rapid correction. In fact, there is no so-called cosmetic crown under the sky. The cosmetic crown is neither a term for professionals nor a professional doctor. Such institutions use the eagerness of patients to see results, regardless of the consequences, and a lot of healthy teeth are removed. Body tissue, and then place a dental crown on it, called a cosmetic crown. In fact, patients must face irrecoverable teeth and damaged periodontal tissues in the long years to come. There is no such thing as fast orthodontics in this world, the movement of teeth is a scientific and slow process. Professional treatment, while ensuring the efficacy, but also maintaining the health of teeth and periodontal tissues

Misunderstanding 5: Brackets are not beautiful, affecting work and life.

Modern orthodontic technology is highly developed, and there are more and more types of brackets. According to different aesthetic requirements, there are many correction methods to choose from, including ceramic brackets, lingual brackets and invisible brackets. , Can achieve a variety of beautiful effects, after a period of adaptation, there is little impact on work and life. ^[16]