How to avoid Malalignment?

SPACE MAINTAINERS

        Primary (baby) teeth are important for your child’s dental health. They help them to eat and speak and serve as space holders in your child’s mouth to ensure that permanent teeth grow in straight. Baby teeth are also important for the jawbone and mouth muscles to develop normally.

        If a child’s baby tooth comes out too soon due to accident or tooth decay, problems may occur. The neighboring teeth may crowd out the space where the permanent tooth should come in or cause the tooth to come in crooked. A space maintainer may be recommended by your pediatric dentist to reduce the risk of these problems.

             Space maintainer is an appliance that is custom-made by a dentist or orthodontist in acrylic or metal material. It can be either removable or cemented in a child's mouth. Its purpose is to keep the space  open the empty space left by the lost teeth, preventing movement until the permanent tooth takes its natural position in the jaw. It’s more affordable and easier on your child to keep teeth in normal positions with a space maintainer than to move them back in place with orthodontic treatment.

EFFECTS OF EARLY EXFOLIATION(shedding) OF PRIMARY TEETH:

• Delayed eruption of permanent tooth

                         

• Aesthetic and emotional disturbances

                         

 

• Teeth present adjacent to the missing tooth start moving towards the empty space. Therefore the space gets closed and the permanent tooth gets locked in the bone.

                         

• Tooth opposing the missing tooth supraerupts (moves downwards/upwards)

                               

• Speech defects

                           

• Improper chewing

                                

• Crowding due to less space

                        

• Poor nutrition and feeding due to improper chewing

• Abnormal muscle activity and habits like tongue thrusting

CONCLUSION

If there is space present due to premature exfoliation of tooth then consult your dentist immediately. He will fabricate an appliance that maintain the space until successor tooth erupts. The procedure is painless and very effective for the future of your child.

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GAPS BETWEEN FRONT TEETH

   TREATING GAPS BETWEEN FRONT TEETH

Gaps between front teeth are commonly seen in children and adults. Spacing seen  in the milk teeth in children is quite normal and good, because the space will accommodate the larger permanent teeth .In permanent teeth, however it is a defect and needs to be corrected. 

Why do they occur?

·  Teeth are small but jaw size is large, thus leading to generalized spacing.

·  A thick band of tissue (frenal attachment) from the upper lip may get attached between the upper incisors, thus causing spacing between them.

HIGH FRENAL ATTACHMENT

·  Habits like thumb sucking, lip biting etc.

·  It could be hereditary problem.

Why do gaps have to be closed?

•    Gaps between the teeth give you a very unpleasant smile.

•     Food tends to get caught between the teeth and this leads to bad smell, tartar formation, which in  turn weakens the gums and reduces the bone support.

•     Constant food accumulation can also lead to cavities between adjacent teeth.

What can be done?

•     Small gaps between the front teeth can be filled up with tooth colored filling material by increasing the width of the teeth marginally. The filling material merges perfectly with the natural tooth color.

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BEFORE AND AFTER COMPOSITE BUILD UP

                Slightly larger gaps can be closed by placing crowns. For this the natural teeth are reduced in size on all the sides and slightly larger crowns are placed to mask the defect.

BEFORE AND AFTER PORCELAIN VENEERING

                If you do not want to affect the size of the teeth, orthodontic treatment is preferred. This may be fixed or removable depending on the precise problem with your teeth and jaw, the duration of treatment close spaces may vary from six months to more than a year, followed by retainers.

BEFORE AND AFTER ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT

    CONCLUSION:

                            Removal of the etiologic agent usually can be initiated upon diagnosis and after sufficient development of the central incisors. Tooth movement usually is deferred until eruption of the permanent canines, but can begin early in certain cases with very large diastema. Timing often is important to achieve satisfactory results.

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Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Thuraipakkam,
Chennai - 600 097,
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