Orthodontic Treatment Has These Misunderstandings

Misunderstanding 1: Only children can receive orthodontic treatment

There is no age limit for orthodontics. Of course, teenagers have fast metabolism and strong adaptability, and the time required for orthodontics is relatively short. But this does not mean that orthodontics is limited to minors. Adult patients can completely accept orthodontics as long as the tooth's own periodontal condition permits.

Misunderstanding 2: The teeth after orthodontics are old and easy to loosen and fall off

This misunderstanding confuses orthodontics with periodontal disease. Looseness and loss of teeth are mainly due to the poor maintenance of the oral environment. The plaque around the teeth caused by eating is not cleaned in time. It further interacts with the minerals in the saliva to form tartar, which slowly accumulates over time and infects the surrounding area. The tissue causes periodontitis. The tissues surrounding the supporting teeth, such as alveolar bone, are absorbed due to periodontitis. The area of the tooth root surrounded by the alveolar bone decreases with the absorption of the alveolar bone, and finally looses and falls off. It is undeniable that the degree of tooth looseness will increase due to stress and alveolar bone reconstruction during the orthodontic process, but when the orthodontic treatment is over and the tooth is no longer stressed, it will recover on its own. As long as the oral environment is well maintained to avoid periodontitis There will be no problem of tooth loosening and loss in the future.

Misunderstanding 3: Orthodontics require tooth extraction, which will affect health

Tooth extraction correction is a very common and mature treatment method. Tooth extraction will not cause any adverse effects on the patient's function and health. It should be said that tooth extraction treatment is to coordinate the inconsistency between tooth volume and bone volume. In the absence of obvious skeletal disorders of the upper and lower jaws, malocclusion is the root cause is that the space of the alveolar bone is not enough to accommodate all the existing teeth. As a result, tooth extraction treatment can not only better match the tooth volume with the bone volume, but also make the treatment result more stable. In addition, the facial features of the Orientals are that the nose is not straight enough, the lips are more protruding, and the development of the chin is not as good as that of the Westerners. Therefore, in order to achieve a better facial shape, many patients (60%) require extraction and correction.

Misunderstanding 4: Orthodontics take a long time and cost, and the course of porcelain crown restoration is short, 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 course of porcelain crowns is short, dentures are dentures after all, and the removed tooth tissue cannot be regenerated. However, the later maintenance and long-term prognosis (generally recommended to replace porcelain crowns every five to ten years) should not be ignored. What some doctors advertise is a lifelong restoration. There are many unscrupulous people in the market who misappropriated the concept of porcelain crowns and came up with the so-called 7-day quick correction of beauty crowns. In fact, there is no so-called cosmetic crown in the world. A cosmetic crown is neither a term of a professional nor a thing done by a professional doctor. This type of organization uses the patient's eagerness to see results, regardless of the consequences, to remove a large number of healthy teeth. Body tissue, and then place a crown on it, called a cosmetic crown. In fact, patients will have to deal with teeth that can no longer recover and damaged periodontal tissue for a long time in the future. There is no such thing as rapid orthodontics in this world. The movement of teeth is a scientific and slow process. Professional treatment, while ensuring the curative effect, also maintains 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 needs, there are many correction methods to choose from, including ceramic brackets, lingual brackets and invisible brackets without brackets, etc. , Can achieve varying degrees of aesthetic effects, after a period of adaptation, there is almost no impact on work and life.