ORTHODONTIC DENTISTRY
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Expert Care for a Perfectly Aligned Smile
Orthodontists are specialized dentists who focus on the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of dental and facial irregularities. To become a certified orthodontist, a dentist must complete an additional two to three years of advanced education and training beyond dental school. This extensive education allows orthodontists to expertly design and implement treatment plans, using braces, aligners, and other devices to correct misalignments and improve both the function and appearance of your smile. Their expertise ensures you receive the highest level of care for your orthodontic needs.
Why Straighten Crooked teeth and fix bad bites?
There are many Causes of crooked teeth and bad bites(malocclusions). Problems can arise from early loss of teeth, abnormal growth patterns, injuries, and hereditary factors, Habits such as finger and thumb-sucking, mouth-breathing and tongue-thrusting are also recognized as contributing to many orthodontic problems
What is the best age for treatment?
Treatment of adults for orthodontic problems is markedly increasing. Although adults can definitely benefit from treatment, there are important differences when compared to adolescents. Adults are not growing, they have often had teeth extracted, and previous gum disease can complicate the treatment. Sometimes, jaw relationships may be severe enough to warrant combining orthodontics with surgical procedure.
There are no hard and fast rules for the commencement of treatment because everyone is an individual. However, most orthodontists would prefer to see a patient for the first time at eight or nine years of age to consider the possibilities of intercepting any problems, Commonly, children are treated once the permanent(adult) teeth have erupted or are due to erupt, if the problem is essentially overcrowding of the teeth. There are however advantages to treating problems related to habits of facial bone imbalances at an earlier time.