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 milk teeth

GAPS BETWEEN BABY TEETH

Gaps in between milk teeth is normal and it is a good sign too, unless and until there is a premature loss of milk teeth.

CAUSES:

Many children have gaps between their teeth  -----

• Smaller teeth, in this case the gaps automatically closes when your child gets adult teeth.
• Bigger jaws.

Gaps that leads to teeth misalignment or a permanent gap ---

• Missing teeth by birth.
• A large jaw compared to teeth size.

PREMATURE LOSS OF BACK MILK TOOTH

PREMATURE LOSS OF BACK MILK TOOTH

BAND AND LOOP SPACE MAINTAINER

PREMATURE LOSS OF FRONT MILK TEETH

SPACE MAINTAINER IS PLACED TO HOLD SPACE
UNTIL PERMANENT TOOTH ERUPTS

ANTERIOR SPACE MAINTAINER

LINGUAL ARCH SPACE MAINTAINER -
WHEN THERE IS BOTH SIDES PREMATURE LOSS OF MILK TEETH

DISTAL SHOE SPACE MAINTAINER -
WHEN THERE IS PREMATURE LOSS OF LAST MILK TOOTH  BEFORE ERUPTION
OF 1ST PERMANENT TOOTH

BABY TEETH ARE IMPORTANT --

         

           Baby teeth are very important for your child's health right now and in their future also.
Baby teeth helps child to chew food and speak. 
                                            And baby teeth guides child’s adult teeth to come in its position  by holding a space for them. If your baby loses a tooth too early, then adjacent teeth may drift into the empty space, making less space for adult teeth to come in later. This can lead to a crooked teeth or crowded smile.

CONCLUSION:

 The gap in baby’s teeth will close naturally. However, there are some uncommon incidents in which the gap persists in child’s adult teeth. So that visit the dentist within 6 months after your baby’s first tooth comes in. This helps to identify the main cause of gaps between teeth.

Rootz Dental Care and Implant Center has specialists with proven expertise in Pediatric dentistry. For more information regarding treatments contact us today.

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                                                Chennai - 600 097,

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