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When initiating treatment?
The correction of the malposition of the teeth is much easier and effective in childhood or early youth to adulthood, when the mobilization of teeth using braces is more difficult and even more upset.
But neither should be started at very early ages, while still not completed the replacement of deciduous teeth by permanent, or the jaw bones have completed their development. Generally, treatment is initiated when the specialist decides the most appropriate time after studying each case.
Radiographs are useful to specify the relationships between the different teeth, check their insertion in the jaws and note the reason for his departure, which is crucial in deciding treatment guidelines For this radiograph, the malposition are evident even for a unskilled observer.
Malposition
An optimal position of the teeth is important not only for aesthetic reasons – a malposition can lead to all sorts of damages, such as speech problems, pain and tension in the jaw and facial muscles, disorders of the digestive tract and cause tinnitus or discomfort in the cervical spine.
About 50% of the malocclusions in children and adolescents are genetic, while the rest of misaligned teeth and crooked teeth caused by wrong habits like thumb sucking permanent, long-term pacifier use, or have constant mouth breathing.
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