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In the past, orthodontic treatment was often delayed until the adolescent years, when all the permanent teeth had erupted. It is now known that many problems can be treated earlier and much easier by working with the growth that takes place in younger children.
Often bite problems may be intercepted during a child's early years from age four to ten. Cross-bites, severe crowding and severe protrusions are the most common bite problems. The treatment is usually limited to a specific area such as correcting the cross-bite or protrusion
The treatments for children and adolescents are:
Extraction Removing some baby teeth may ease severe crowding.
Growth modification involves wearing fixed or functional appliances during the day and night to move the jaw into a better position.
Fixed appliances (braces) gradually move the teeth into proper position.
Retainers hold the teeth in place after orthodontic treatment.
Space maintainers keep the surrounding teeth from moving (drifting) into open spaces created when teeth are pulled or lost in an accident.
For more information about how we at Haitham Matar DDS can help you with dental braces, call us at (818) 439-4203, we will be happy to talk with you. |
