What should I do if my child's front teeth grow crooked?

When the baby is changing his teeth, it is very important to take good care of the child's teeth. Once the child's front teeth grow crooked, they must be corrected in time. The front teeth are the most obvious teeth. A crooked tooth will affect the growth of other teeth, causing all the teeth to be uneven. The baby’s young age makes parents feel helpless and distressed. So, what should we do if our child’s front teeth grow crooked? Let’s look at the solution below.

What should I do if my baby's teeth grow crookedly?

Experts say that when children are changing their teeth, they often have some temporary malocclusion, such as mild crowding, obvious gaps between the front teeth, deep bites, etc. If you find that your child has such a situation, parents can take the child to the hospital and ask the doctor to check. Some symptoms will gradually disappear or alleviate as the child grows, so no treatment is needed.

Severe tooth deformities may require appropriate treatment. Children need orthodontic treatment when:

1. The maxillary or mandibular bone deformity is relatively serious: if the front teeth are too protruding or the lips are protruding, correction is needed.

2. Bad living habits: seriously affect the normal development of teeth and jaws. Such as the habit of biting the lower lip, the habit of biting fingers, the habit of mouth breathing, the habit of sticking out the tongue, etc.

3. Some teeth are seriously misaligned: such as twisted teeth. Some teeth are cross-bite, such as the upper teeth biting inside the lower teeth. Generally speaking, the best age for children to have orthodontic treatment is around 12 years old. As long as parents pay more attention to their children's dental problems and treat them in time, there will be no problem in having a beautiful and big set of teeth.

Therefore, it is very necessary to develop the habit of going to the hospital for regular oral examinations. Parents should set an example, develop good living habits and oral health habits, and guide their children to correct their bad habits to ensure their children's health.

How to care for your teeth during replacement

How to care during tooth replacement:

1. Pay attention to caries of deciduous teeth. Before the age of five, children's tooth decay often occurs on the biting surface of the teeth. During the period of tooth replacement, if proper cleaning is not done, there will be a lot of stains between the teeth, which can easily lead to tooth decay problems between the teeth. However, many parents think that deciduous teeth will be replaced by permanent teeth, so they do not pay much attention to deciduous tooth caries. However, you should know that this type of caries will also affect the growth of permanent teeth. Many children have the problem of uneven arrangement of permanent teeth because of this, so you must pay attention to the problem of deciduous tooth caries.

2. Pay attention to the eruption of permanent teeth. When the baby teeth are replaced, they should fall out automatically. However, when some children's permanent teeth grow out, the deciduous teeth are still very strong and unwilling to leave their "positions". This will cause the permanent teeth to emerge from other locations, resulting in the problem of double teeth. If this happens, you should see a doctor in time to remove the retained deciduous teeth, otherwise it will cause uneven permanent teeth and abnormal tooth occlusion.

3. Eat a balanced diet. Some experts pointed out that the appearance of double teeth in children is related to their excessive eating habits, as they nowadays eat too finely. This results in less food chewing, and the teeth and jaw bones lose the proper exercise, which inhibits the absorption of the roots of deciduous teeth and the shedding of deciduous teeth. Therefore, it is best for parents to let their children eat more foods that require multiple chewing, such as peanuts, sugarcane, celery, etc.