Why and when should we start treatment orthodontics?

Definition and purpose of orthodontics

The orthodontic tooth or facial orthopedics is a dental specialty practiced by an orthodontist but can also, in simple cases, be performed by the surgeon general practitioner dentist.

His goal is to restore a correct relationship between the upper jaw and lower jaw and, essentially restoring proper alignment of teeth between them.

Why undertake treatment?
The teeth of each jaw will enter into contacts and harmonious point they can be aligned in a curve to iron horse.
The teeth of the upper jaw establish contacts with specific engrčnement teeth of the lower jaw.

If these contacts are disrupted (upper incisors starting forward in children who sucked his thumb too long or overlapping teeth through their neighbor ...), balance is disrupted and dental problems appear.

The functional
Chewing is no longer effective and may, in the longer term, cause deterioration of the often painful jaw joint.

Brushing, in the case of overlapping teeth malpositionnées is more effective. The plaque accumulates, increasing the risk of an outbreak of disease of the gums and tissues supporting and Cavities.
Some problems may arise pronunciation, language will not find the correct support.

The aesthetic disorders
The malpositionnement teeth is a defect that can spoil a smile.

What treatment and when to undertake?
While orthodontic treatment starts by a mandatory assessment (clinical examination, made casts of both jaws, and panoramic radiography Teleradiography profile) leading to the diagnosis (Ťciblageť of orthodontic problem) and the treatment plan (defining the means of obtaining better alignment of the teeth).

In all cases the aim is to push
and / or draw to move the teeth
and / or rotate on themselves.
The movement of the tooth is through a process of destruction of bone-affixing. The vacuum left by the movement of the tooth is filled naturally.

In some cases, moving teeth require more space by performing the extraction of one or more teeth.
When the gap between the two jaws is too important a first step in maxillofacial surgery should be undertaken to reduce this gap.

Moving and / or reorganization teeth done by wearing two types of devices.

The so-called mobile devices
These are small palace resin kept on the teeth by brackets and equipped with springs acting on teeth to move. They are used in simple cases, mostly among young children. They are also used as relay devices fixed at the phase of contention (at the end of treatment when the device is removed fixed, they maintain in their new position of displaced teeth, until their complete stabilization).

The fixed
Small rectangular metal pads (Brackett) with a horizontal gouttičre their environment, are fixed by gluing on one side of each tooth of the same jaw. They are then connected by a wire passing through each gouttičre whose voltage is adjustable depending on the movement to be obtained.
There are systems brakett ceramic, more aesthetic.

The movement of teeth or a group of teeth is possible at any age, at the sole condition that the state of the jaw bone is able to bear.
The treatment can last up to two years and is often shorter among the young whose bones are more maléable since growth phase