What is malocclusion?

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Malocclusion is caused by congenital genetic factors or acquired environmental factors, such as diseases, bad oral habits, tooth replacement disorders, etc. in the process of children's growth and development, it can also be caused by trauma, periodontal disease and other reasons after growth and development, such as uneven arrangement of teeth, abnormal relationship between upper and lower dental arch, abnormal size and shape of jaw, facial deformity, etc. What is malocclusion? Let's talk about it

What is malocclusion?

Dislocation of individual teeth: including labial dislocation, buccal dislocation, lingual dislocation, palatal dislocation, mesial dislocation, distal dislocation, high position, low position, transposition, translocation, oblique axis, etc. The formation of dental arch and the abnormal arrangement of teeth included narrow dental arch and high palatal arch; Crowding of dentition; The dentition is sparse.

Abnormal dental arch, jaw and craniofacial relationship: including anterior crossbite; Anterior crossbite, mesial malocclusion, mandibular protrusion; The anterior teeth were deeply covered, distal malocclusion and maxillary protrusion; Maxillary and mandibular arch protrusion, bimaxillary protrusion; One side is reversed and the face is asymmetrical; The anterior teeth were deeply overbite and the height of 1 / 3 below the face was insufficient; The anterior teeth were opened and closed, and the height of 1 / 3 below the face was increased.

Some occlusal deformities seriously affect the appearance of patients, resulting in mental inferiority and loneliness, and even serious psychological and mental disorders; At the same time, severe masticatory dysfunction will lead to dyspepsia.

matters needing attention

During pregnancy, mothers should pay attention to intake of rich nutrition to prevent virus infection. Breast feeding should be taken as much as possible in infancy. If forced to use artificial feeding, we should pay attention to the feeding posture and method, especially the position of the bottle should be appropriate, not too far forward and lead to the habit of baby mandibular protrusion; The hole size of the rubber nipple should be appropriate. At the same time to avoid long-term side sleep, resulting in facial asymmetry.