What to do if your child has overbite teeth

Children's teeth need to be well protected. Children like to eat sweet foods, which will cause great damage to their teeth. If children's teeth are damaged, it will also affect their diet. Children often have cavities. There are many reasons for cavities. When improving, they must also be carried out according to the requirements. What should I do if my child's teeth are overbite?

Many parents are not very clear about what to do when their children have overbite. When children's teeth have this problem, some solutions are needed, which can be very helpful in improving such problems.

What to do if your child has overbite teeth:

Parents can use a small wooden board that is 10 cm long, 3 mm thick, and slightly narrower than the crossbite incisors. Place one end of the board between the inner side of the upper incisors and the cutting edge of the lower incisors. Hold the other end of the board with your hand and press down with as much force as appropriate. Be careful not to use too much force. Press down until the board starts to bend. Exercise once in the morning and evening every day, 20-30 times each time. Generally, the correction can be achieved in 2-3 weeks.

If the above recommended methods are ineffective, you can go to the dentist to use oral braces for correction after the child is four years old. After 3 to 6 months of correction, the disease can be cured. The best age for treatment is around 8 years old. Just take an X-ray to check whether the development of the tooth roots allows it.

If it is a skeletal crossbite, the treatment process will be more complicated and the course of treatment will be longer. For younger children with skeletal crossbite, intervention treatment should begin as early as possible, before the age of 8, to achieve the best treatment results.

The above is a detailed introduction to what to do if a child has overbite on their teeth. Following the above methods is very helpful in improving the child's teeth. However, when improving this type of dental problem in a child, you must persist. Many children cannot bear it, so parents need to enlighten them so that the children can persist.