Did you know that braces for children will be more effective than for adults. Because at this time, the baby’s skeleton and teeth have not yet fully developed. So should children get braces and when is the most ideal time? Let’s find out with the professional team from My Auris dentistry, the most accurate answer will be provided to you right in the following article.
Answer: Should children get braces?
When deciding whether to get braces for children, My Auris experts recommend that parents should choose the golden time to bring the most optimal results. Getting braces for children at the right time will bring beautiful, healthy teeth with many benefits. Specifically:
- Braces for children will correct overbite, underbite, and misalignment and bring beautiful, even teeth and a radiant smile. This will help a lot with the baby’s comprehensive development process from psychology, health, etc. Helps the baby become more confident in communicating with friends around them.
- Braces will help protect your teeth from dental diseases such as gingivitis and cavities that cause permanent tooth damage. Because after the teeth become straight, food stuck in them is also limited. At the same time, oral hygiene is easier, helping to protect molars from bacterial attacks.
- Braces for children with malocclusion will help restore the ability to chew, avoid not chewing thoroughly and affect the health of the digestive system and stomach.
- If you get braces early on your baby, it will help improve your child’s pronunciation, helping your child speak clearly, clearly and pronounce more accurately.
- If you should get braces for your child early, the braces will take place faster and be less painful. Because the baby’s jaw system is still underdeveloped at this time, the orthodontic process is also easier without having to apply too much force.
- In addition, getting braces for your baby from an early age also helps parents save significant costs, compared to getting braces for adults.
Details stages of braces for children
Braces for children are taught by expertsia into 2 stages, namely the period from 7 to 12 years old and 12 to 16 years old. The issue of whether children should get braces will also depend largely on these two ages.
Stage from 7 to 12 years old
At the stage when babies are changing their milk teeth into permanent teeth on the jaw, habits such as tongue thrusting, nail biting, thumb sucking, etc. will easily cause the baby to encounter problems with unbalanced teeth growth.
Orthodontic intervention for your baby right now will help correct teeth that are growing crookedly, and at the same time guide permanent teeth to grow in the right direction, resulting in more even and beautiful teeth.
Stage from 12 to 16 years old
Braces when children have completely grown their teeth but the jaw bone is still in the development stage and has not yet been fixed will also bring benefits. High efficiency. Correcting underbite, overbite, and crowded teeth in children is done very gently and does not require tooth extraction. At the same time, the force impact happens quickly and helps teeth move more easily, giving the desired results.
Current popular braces methods
Currently, braces technology is gradually diversifying and suitable for each type of tooth as well as the financial capabilities of many families. Whether you should get braces for your child will be decided after the doctor examines you and provides appropriate treatment. Where:
Braces with brackets
The method uses braces to help teeth move to the correct position on the jaw. A set of braces will include the following parts:
- The brackets will be fixed to the sides of the teeth, the brackets can be attached insideg or external, based on the specified tool.
- An archwire will be connected to the brackets.
- Highly elastic elastic band is the part that supports braces to pull teeth to the desired position on the jaw.
In fact, braces are a popular method today because it can save a lot of money, but still achieves effectiveness in orthodontics. Especially in all cases of braces, the method is effective. Specifically, some types of braces:
- Metal braces – cost-effective (At My Auris ranges from 25,000,000 – 35,000,000 VND), and highly durable but easily visible when you smile.
- Self-locking braces will limit pain for children during the braces process, the cost currently ranges from 35,000,000 – 45,000,000 (For self-locking metal braces); 50,000,000 – 60,000,000 VND (For self-locking ceramic braces).
- Ceramic braces because they have the same color as the teeth, they will ensure better aesthetics. However, the durability will not be as high as metal braces. Costs at My Auris range from 30,000,000 – 40,000,000 VND.
Braces with clear trays transparent
Braces with transparent braces, teeth will be used with transparent braces to adjust teeth without using braces. Disassembly and cleaning can be much easier. Because the braces are completely transparent, aesthetics can be guaranteed. It will be difficult for the other person to detect that you are wearing orthodontic braces.
However, the big disadvantage of this method is that in too severe cases it will not be highly effective. At the same time, the cost is also quite expensive compared to the above methods, specifically My Auris’s Iway transparent braces method is ranging from 25,000,000 – 100,000,000 VND.
My Auris Dental is a specialized orthodontic clinic, applying new technology and equipment. advance. Tools and machinery will also ensure they meet international standards. Whether you should get braces for children or adults, you must pay attention to the treating doctor’s factors – the prerequisite factor that determines the success of an orthodontic treatment.
My Auris conducts dental examinations and braces for children received by a team of experienced doctors. Ensuring that the entire treatment process will always be effective, without causing damage or complications.
My Auris’s advantage is always having a modern equipment system. Using international standard aseptic system. Ensuring safe tools and machines and a cool clinic space will help children have a good experience in orthodontics.
Hopefully this information will help you better understand whether or not you should get braces for your child. In fact, this is something that needs to be done and must be done at the right time to protect the baby’s oral health, support permanent teeth to grow in the right position and not affect future aesthetics. Visiting the doctor regularly will be a way to help your children receive the correct treatment regimen and improve molar function.
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