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A person’s facial shape, including jaw shape and teeth position, is closely related to genetics; however, preventive treatment, including preventive orthodontic services, can help children achieve the ideal jaw shape and teeth position and good oral health for life. Preventative treatments can also control environmental factors that affect your child’s developing oral health. Starting early preventive treatment is the right step so that the growth of the facial shape that includes the jaw and teeth develop in a better direction.
Benefits of Preventive Treatment
The right age for children to visit an orthodontist is seven years (recommended by the American Association of Orthodontists). It aims to identify problems as quickly as possible (if any) and deal with them immediately so that they do not have a potential problem in the future.
On average, many baby teeth have fallen out when a child is seven years old. In that case, preventive treatment will help. More specifically, the following things that you can obtain with preventive care are:
- It helps guide the adult teeth (permanent) to the ideal position so that there will be no sparse space between teeth
- Provide treatment that will protect the front teeth from trauma
- Improve oral health
- It makes children more confident because they have a nice smile
Most people think that orthodontists are the same as cosmetic dentists whose aim is to straighten and beautify the shape of their teeth. Still, orthodontists aim not only to beautify teeth’ position but also to provide preventive treatment. More than 4 million people in the U.S who wear braces see a dentist to straighten their teeth, but still, during this procedure, the orthodontist will also provide preventive treatment.
Signs your child needs preventative treatment
There are several signs that your child may need preventive treatment from an orthodontist:
- Their baby teeth are too fast or even take too long
- Speech disorder
- Thumb sucking habit over the age of 5 years
- Adult teeth do not grow
- Incorrect tooth shape
- Problem jaw shape
Things you can obtain with preventive maintenance
With preventive maintenance, you can screen all related to the child’s oral health, such as teeth growth, face shape, jaw shape. In addition, they will recommend further plans for preventive care for the development of your child’s oral health. The treatment time you get will vary because every child has different needs.
Our dental clinic provides services for preventive orthodontic treatment for your child. We recommend you make an appointment with our orthodontist so that children receive preventive treatment as early as possible to prevent oral health problems in the future. We have child-friendly orthodontists and cosmetic dentists at Kita Dental to help your child get the proper care at our Mascot, Sydney dental clinic. If you need a Chinese-speaking dentist, we also have Chinese dentists and emergency dentists if your child needs emergency care.