Malocclusion refers to children in the growth process can be due to many other genetic and environmental factors, resulting in teeth, jaw, facial malformations (over normal jaw means all present on the lower teeth, arranged in neat rows, good tip recess opposed contact relationship, maxillary normal, good arch form) and affect the face of beauty and health.
1. affect the face of some beautiful malocclusion resulting maxillary hypoplasia, facial shape bilateral asymmetry, or even seriously affect the appearance of the face. Such as deep coverage, patient front anterior teeth protrusion, mandibular retrusion, opening lip formed teeth, commonly known as "snag." Another example is the anti-jaw deformity, mandibular protrusion, formed "to package Days" and so on. These will give the children spiritually, ideologically, suffered stimulate the mind, causing stress and trauma. It can therefore produce inferior eccentric anomaly character.
2. The impact of language features such as anterior open jaw deformities dentition larger gap, for some literal language is not allowed to speak, slurred speech.
3. Impact dental malocclusion due chewing function, not the normal line of rotary cutting and chewing food can not be broken, hinder food digestion and nutrient absorption, is bound to affect children's growth and development.
4. Effect of the balance due to the teeth bite jaw dislocation, hinder, coordinated development under the arch, crowded arrangement of teeth, which are not easy to clean, food residues remain prone to dental caries, gingivitis and periodontal disease.
5 Effect of temporomandibular joint function due to dental malocclusion can change condyle within the glenoid fossa normal position, causing the normal structure changed.
It has been formed malocclusion children should try to go to hospital orthopedic examination and treatment. Since the beginning of malocclusion mostly limited to a few teeth, or confined within the range of the alveolar bone, orthodontic treatment is relatively simple and easy to effect Ye Hao. With regard to treatment should first remove the cause, the removal and retention of teeth in dental, oral correct bad habits, clinical manifestations, according to the anti-jaw, open jaw, jaw and other deep overbite carefully analyze causes, develop a specific treatment plan, design the best solution, select a different effective treatment. Common appliance can be classified as removable appliance fixed appliance. Their power sources can be divided into mechanical appliance and functional appliance. Usually about 12 years of age is the best period of treatment malocclusion, obtained the best effect. Therefore, during the second permanent molars have erupted, jaw development has reached the final stage.
