Bite correction

Bite correction: types and features of treatment

Healthy, beautiful, even teeth are one of the factors that provide a person with a full life. If there are any maxillofacial deformities and an incorrect bite develops, this not only spoils a person's face and provokes the development of complexes, but also negatively affects his health in general.

Classification of types of malocclusion

Today, orthodontists distinguish several types of malocclusion:

• open, in which most of the teeth in the jaws do not close
• mesial - the lower jaw protrudes forward
• deep, in which the upper tooth row overlaps the lower one much more strongly than normal
• distal: the upper jaw is more developed than normal, the lower jaw is underdeveloped
• cross: one of the tooth rows is underdeveloped.

There is also a dystopia in which the teeth are not in their usual places.

Causes of malocclusion

There are quite a few reasons for developing an incorrect bite. Among them:

• untimely eruption of the teeth and the discrepancy in the size of the jaw appears to the teeth
• bad habits of the child in early childhood (finger or nipple sucking)
• lip biting or cheek biting
• diseases of the nasopharynx
• hereditary predisposition.

Thanks to modern technologies, there is a solution to this problem - correction of the bite, which allows you to align the teeth, improve the proportions of the face and give a person a beautiful smile. The procedure of correcting the bite, moving the teeth into place is a rather lengthy event, requiring not only patience from the patient, but also strict adherence to the orthodontist's instructions.

The method of treatment depends on numerous factors and is selected in each case individually. The complexity of the problem, the characteristics of the gums, the patient's age and his financial capabilities influence the choice of bite correction technique.

Means for correcting the bite

• Orthodontic plates (to align the teeth, loops, brackets, and springs made of wire are used in them; the system is suitable for aligning one or two teeth, and it is used to close braces and diastemas, mainly in children)
• Trainers are pre-orthodontic devices that relieve excess pressure on the teeth and jaws
• Braces.

They are preferred because of the ability to correct the most serious deformations of the dentition, excellent aesthetic properties, small size, affordable cost, and a choice of options. In addition, they do not disturb the patient's diction, the integrity of the mucous membrane, and do not damage tooth enamel. You can choose braces:

• Metal (corrective devices are made in the form of animals, stars, hearts and are attached from the vestibular side)
• Sapphire (made using artificial crystals, attached to the outside of the tooth row and almost invisible on the teeth)
• Lingual bracket systems (attached on the lingual side)

If the patient needs bite correction on both jaws, a combination of two systems is used (for example, lingual braces are installed on the upper jaw, and metal or ceramic braces on the lower).

Bite correction in Poltava is offered in many dental clinics. But you can entrust your problem only to those who have been working in this field for a long time, who are well aware of modern methods of correcting the position of teeth.