22 Mar What is Preventive and Preventive Orthodontics?
Preventive orthodontics has an important place in preventive dentistry. The purpose of preventive and preventive orthodontics; To prevent encountering an orthodontic problem in the future, to take timely precautions without the need for braces treatment as much as possible.
Apart from this, it also aims to eliminate some bad habits that were diagnosed at an early time. Orthodontic disorders that may occur in children with regular controls at an early age can be prevented to a large extent. Preventive orthodontics, due to its nature, the treatments applied are continuous and long-term.
Collaboration between dentist, child and family is very important for preventive orthodontics. When the necessary importance is not given to oral care and hygiene, premature milk tooth loss is experienced in children, which leads to orthodontic disorders. Therefore, the Turkish Dentists Association recommends a visit to the family dentist (pedodontics) when children are 1 year old and their primary teeth are erupting. Dentists usually inform the family about the scope of preventive orthodontics. With timely measures, your child will have a beautiful smile that will last a lifetime. While treating your child, the orthodontist monitors his health, growth and development. It monitors the defects or deviations that may occur on the teeth, jaw and face, informs and guides the family on this issue.
Protective orthodontics is monitored from the birth of the child, and a disorder that may occur in the teeth or jaw is determined and intervened immediately and prevents it from causing worse results in the future. Diagnosis and prevention of some bad habits that cause disorders in the teeth, jaw and face are also included in preventive orthodontics. The orthodontist examines your child at an early stage, detects this habit and treats it with some appliances before it leaves permanent damage. These bad habits; long-ended feeding bottles, pacifiers, finger, lip, tongue sucking and biting, squeezing-pushing the tongue between the teeth, swallowing irregularity, cheek biting, tongue overflow, teeth clenching and grinding, nail biting, mouth breathing and speech disorders.