3 out of every 4 children have crowded teeth and incorrectly developing jaws. These problems are evident from as early as 4 years of age. Even though the problems are evident, present orthodontic treatments require the child to grow with the problem until their early teen to start correction. The solution later provided are painful, requires brackets and wires stuck to teeth for couple of years and most often is accompanied by removal of healthy teeth. To add on there is a high chance of relapse of the malocclusion after the treatment or it requires wearing of retainers lifelong.
Most of the time we are made to believe that genetics is the only cause for malocclusion/crooked teeth. Just like how other genetically transferred diseases like cardiac and diabetes express themselves only in the presence of lifestyle changes and can be prevented by maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Likewise crooked teeth/malocclusion expresses in the presence of oral restrictions, myofunctional habits & dietary modifications.
WHAT CAUSES CROOKED TEETH?
Modern research has shown that mouth breathing, tongue thrusting,reverse swallow and thumb sucking- known as incorrect myofunctional habits are the real causes of crooked teeth. These habits limit the development of the child’s jaws and face resulting in orthodontic problems. These causes cannot be corrected with fixed braces
Children with these abnormal myofunctional habits have excess of muscular influences on the developing jaws which leads to underdeveloped upper jaw and restricted forward growth of the lower jaw. Along with the concern of malocclusion, incorrect development of the jaw can affect a child's breathing by restricting airway and could be a main contributor of sleep disordered breathing.
Is orthodontics with braces the only treatment option?
Treating and correcting these poor myofunctional habits is highly important as research shows the position of the teeth is determined by the lips and tongue. Orofacial myofunctional orthodontics focuses on treating the causes of crooked teeth which apart from aligning the teeth without the need for braces, improves general health and allows children to realise their maximum growth potential.
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OVER REGULAR BRACES?
Orthodontics with braces has been used for decades to straighten teeth after all the permanent teeth have appeared, though they are found to be effective in aligning the teeth, there are also well documented disadvantages. The traditional orthodontics doesn’t concentrate on correcting the underlying cause of crooked teeth treated which gives them a high likelihood of relapse, unless a permanent commitment is made to wear a fixed or removable retainer.
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