At present, the number of clinical cases is increasing, and more and more parents are paying attention to early childhood correction. Below, we will introduce early correction and its importance.
How much do you know about early correction?
Early correction is divided into preventive treatment and tissue blocking treatment. Early obstructive orthodontic treatment refers to the use of simple orthodontic methods or corrective methods to guide the normal growth of deciduous and replacement dentition due to genetic, congenital, or acquired factors that cause occlusal relationships. Choosing early correction can ensure children's language function, normal pronunciation, normal chewing function, easy nutrient absorption, and further protect the healthy growth of permanent teeth, allowing children's jawbones to develop normally. For early correction, parents need to have a comprehensive understanding, face up to and value early correction.
2. The importance of early correction
Oral health is beneficial for overall health and can also improve quality of life. Children are in the stage of growth and development, and if their teeth are not good, it can affect their nutrient intake, growth and development, and speech and pronunciation. Oral prevention is an investment with low investment and the highest return rate. In the future, dentists should prioritize prevention, and doctors' main task is to provide prevention for every citizen.
When is the most appropriate time for early correction?
In general, the optimal age for orthodontic treatment is around 12 years old, when a child's entire dental arch is fully developed. Through orthodontic treatment, a clear diagnosis of dental deformities can be made and appropriate orthodontic methods can be adopted. In fact, if there are bad habits such as "overbearing" and open mouth breathing during the primary dentition stage, which lead to increasingly severe dental development and growth, early intervention treatment is needed. These bad habits need to be removed in the early stage, which can solve the harm in a short time, block the abnormal development of the jawbone, reduce the difficulty of correction in the later stage, and lower the extraction rate and side effects during orthodontic treatment. Usually, parents can have their children undergo regular check ups at specialized hospitals from 3 to 9 hours to observe the development of the jawbone, which can help the teeth sprout to their normal position. In the early stage of preventive orthodontic treatment, the cycle is short, the cost is low, and the possible side effects during orthodontic treatment are not likely to occur. Regularly taking children to the hospital for dental checkups can help them develop the habit of looking at and protecting their teeth.
What are the methods for early correction?
The first stage is during the deciduous period, which is when the child is 3-5 years old. At this stage, it is important to exercise children's chewing skills, support proper chewing, and replace comforting objects and pacifiers to correct bad oral habits. This can promote the development of dental arches and correct biting. The second stage is the early stage of mixed dentition, which is 6-10 years old. At this time, it is necessary to treat and defend against Class II malocclusion, correct children's bad oral habits, and ultimately correct teeth for fixation. The third stage is the late stage of mixed dentition, which is 10-12 years old. In this stage, more effective treatment is needed for type 2 malocclusion and crowded deformities. By improving oral habits, preliminary alignment of the dentition is determined, bad habits are corrected, and individual teeth are corrected. The fourth stage is the permanent dentition stage, which is usually used for treating mild malocclusion in adolescents and adults over the age of 12. It involves initial correction of teeth to promote arch development.
In summary, the application of early orthodontic treatment methods needs to be combined with the corresponding treatment plan for children's dental conditions. External forces can be used to establish a good dental environment balance, so that teeth can grow naturally in a good environment, rebuild the balance of maxillofacial strength, achieve natural and soothing orthodontic effects, and enable children to have beautiful and healthy teeth.