What causes children’s crooked mouth?

I believe that many parents may encounter children with crooked mouths, and this phenomenon does not form in one day. Many parents will definitely find that their children’s crooked mouths are due to crooked teeth. Then you must take your child to treatment in time, which is also conducive to correcting your child’s teeth. In addition, parents need to take their children for oral examinations every year, so that they can understand their children’s physical condition in time and avoid the phenomenon of their children’s crooked mouths.

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

Under normal circumstances, children begin to change their teeth at around 6 years old. The deciduous teeth begin to fall out physiologically, and the permanent teeth to replace the deciduous teeth erupt one after another. By the age of 12-13, all the deciduous teeth have been replaced by permanent teeth. This is the period when children change their teeth. At this time, parents need to pay close attention to whether their children's teeth are growing crooked. What should they do if their children's teeth are growing crooked during this period? If they are growing crooked, they only need to be guided and corrected, which will not be too troublesome.

When a child is about 6 years old, the first permanent molar, also called the sixth-year molar, will grow right behind the last deciduous molar; other teeth will slowly grow out after that. What should you do if a child's teeth grow crooked during this period? The correct way is to go to the hospital's oral department for diagnosis in time and provide treatment based on the specific situation.

The occurrence of malocclusion is a process of development and change. How to grasp the tendency of malocclusion and predict future results is the key to choosing when to perform orthodontics. If we provide correctional treatment to patients who can achieve normal dental and jaw alignment by themselves without any correctional treatment, it would be a waste of effort. For those with obvious tendency of malocclusion, we should carry out early control or preventive correction.

Regarding malocclusion, it is often considered "congenital" and not taken seriously. Especially when the deciduous dentition is deformed, it is often mistakenly believed that "it will be fine after the permanent teeth grow in". In fact, this is not the case. Dentomaxillary deformities can be caused by local disorders during the deciduous and permanent dentition periods, bad oral habits, developmental abnormalities, systemic diseases, and genetics.

If your child's teeth grow crooked, you must seek timely treatment. Also, during the period of tooth development, you must pay attention to maintaining hygiene and find out specifically why your child's teeth grow crooked. This can help your child adjust them as soon as possible. In addition, you can regularly supplement your child with calcium, which can also promote normal tooth growth.