- Thus the tooth decay due to the jammed dentition, or the emergent periodontal disease due to the bad bite, also known as gingival necrosis prevention.
- The third functional factor is the temporomandibularis articulation which may be overloaded and therefore can develop problems. At each functional clinical the aim is the prevention, so the formation’s prevention.
Wisdom teeth – necessary tooth extractions?
Because in 99% of the cases there is no place for them in the mouth, if you don’t miss a single molar tooth, their removal is usually necessary, so that they don’t cause move in the dental arch in the future, and don’t cause other problem (e.g. jammed dentition). If there is molar tooth missing then they may come in handy, because e.g. in the case of first molar tooth missing with the help of the 7 and 8 teeth can close the gap, and so restore the chewing function without prosthesis, because to the normal chewing function there is two molar teeth necessary per quadrant. There are cases when the patient has one or more missing wisdom tooth’s tooth germ, so in this cases he won’t have wisdom tooth.
At what age can be perform orthodontic treatment?
Nowadays, at any age can be carry out orthodontic treatment, it’s not a problem if somebody is 50-60 years old, it can be treated if his/her periodontal status is otherwise appropriate.
6-8 years old children is recommended to take away to the first orthodontic examination. In this age already visible the deviations of the mandible and bite, and it is important that the orthodontist, even if he/she doesn’t start the treatment right away, he/she can follow the tooth changes by regularly – monthly basis – control, teeth’ normalization statuses, and the bite changes as long as the treatment actually begins.
The treatment should be completed until the age of 15-16, because till now has been intense growth and development in the body. By the adult treatments there is no potential growth, thus with tooth movement and/or tooth extraction can be carried out the treatments.
In the case of rarely occur, serious mandible deviation beside the orthodontic treatment mandible surgery may be required. The duration of the treatment depends on the age, the applied treatment and the type of the device, which can be from 1-2 years up to number of years.
