How to prevent children's teeth from growing crooked

Children often encounter various problems during the process of tooth replacement. Many parents will pay close attention to their children's dental problems during the period of tooth replacement. Once they find that the new teeth are growing crooked, they will go to the dental hospital for examination and treatment. So, in life, is there any way to effectively prevent children's teeth from growing crooked when they are changing their teeth? Here we introduce several methods.

How to prevent children's teeth from growing crooked

Children with malocclusion are prone to various oral diseases such as caries, gingivitis and periodontitis. It also affects children's chewing function, which is not conducive to digestion, pronunciation and language communication. If not corrected in time, it will affect the child's life!

Dentomaxillary deformities can be caused by a variety of reasons, including local disorders during the deciduous and replacement dentition periods, bad oral habits, developmental abnormalities, systemic diseases, and heredity. Many children's deciduous teeth have been injured. Once the deciduous teeth are injured, it will cause premature loss of the deciduous teeth or abnormal eruption of the permanent teeth. This can lead to impacted and delayed eruption of permanent teeth, tilting of adjacent teeth to the side of the gap or reduction of the dental arch, resulting in insufficient space for the eruption of permanent teeth, and the permanent teeth will naturally be misaligned.

If children's dental and maxillofacial deformities are not taken seriously and corrected in time, it will not only affect their facial appearance, but also affect the development of their whole body, oral and maxillofacial system, and mental health. Therefore, dental and maxillofacial deformities should be detected, prevented, and corrected early. The best time for prevention and treatment is childhood, and no later than puberty. At the same time, early prevention in infancy is particularly important.

The best time for children to undergo orthodontic treatment is divided into the functional treatment period (6-12 years old) and the fixed treatment period (12-18 years old). Dentists call this period the "golden period." Because the plasticity of children's bone tissue is strong during this period, the sutures have not yet fused, and the jaw is gradually growing, there is enough growth for bone tissue reconstruction.

Precautions for children's tooth replacement

(1) No need to worry about the gap between the front teeth

Some parents find that there is a gap between the two newly grown front teeth of their children, and some are even in an S-shape, so they worry that their children's front teeth will not grow well. In fact, the eruption of permanent teeth has a certain time and order. The upper central incisor (commonly known as the front teeth) erupts between the ages of 6 and 9, and the lateral incisors erupt between the ages of 7 and 11. Therefore, when the child is 7 to 11 years old, there will be a gap between the two front teeth. As long as the lateral incisors erupt, the gap will naturally disappear.

Occasionally, there may be a supernumerary tooth between the two front teeth causing a gap between the two front teeth. This can be confirmed through X-ray examination and then the supernumerary tooth can be removed to close the gap.

(2) Canine teeth cannot be removed

In the order of replacement of deciduous and permanent teeth, the eruption of canines is later than that of the first pair of canines. When the canines erupt, the area of ​​the alveolar bone in the anterior tooth area is occupied by other teeth and can only erupt on the labial side. Therefore, the canines of some children often protrude to the labial side to form canine teeth. Some parents think that this tooth is ugly and ask the doctor to extract it, which is wrong.

The canine has the longest root and is the strongest tooth in the mouth. Its function of tearing food cannot be replaced by other teeth. If it is lost, children will often be unable to chew sugarcane or eat ribs, and their chewing power will also be affected. If correction is required, the doctor will remove the first or second bicuspids to achieve the purpose.