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The Job Of An Orthodontist

Orthodontics is that among the various dental specializations and dealing with alignment of teeth and jaws that are improperly positioned.  It helps in improving the appearance of the teeth and also, its functionality and healthy when the procedure is done.  And orthodontist is what you call to a person who has vast knowledge in orthodontics. 

Orthodontics treatment on the other hand is a method to straighten/move non-aligned teeth and augment both of its appearance as well as functionality.  Depending on what your problem is, the most suitable treatment will be applied to your condition by the dentist.  It is them who will be diagnosing, preventing and treating any irregularities in your oral health. 

Let’s face the fact that it is hard to clean non-aligned and crooked teeth and for that, they are vulnerable to losses as a result of periodontal diseases and even dental caries.  Such teeth may even cause stress on chewing muscles which can further lead to shoulder, head, back and neck pain while at times, TMJ disorders. 

The best step to deal with such issue if you are already experiencing such is to go to an orthodontist.  Before starting to work on fixing your teeth, they will first assess its current condition.  By making use of diagnostic tools similar to plaster models, clinical exams, x-rays as well as photographs, the orthodontist will be able to figure out whether or not you are eligible for the treatment. 

In addition to that, if you have conditions similar to the following, then rest assure that you’ll be a perfect candidate for orthodontic treatment. 

Number 1.  Underbite – if the lower part of your teeth stick out of or perhaps, the front one is too far back, then you have an underbite. 

Number 2.  Overbite – as a matter of fact, this condition is the reciprocal of underbite condition. 

Number 3.  Open bite – this is actually an open slot in the biting surfaces. 

Number 4.  Spacing – these are spaces and gaps between your teeth. 

Number 5.  Crowding – this is when you have more teeth than usual for dental ridge to accommodate. 

Number 6.  Crossbite – say that the upper portion of your teeth doesn’t meet the front of lower teeth, then it certainly should be corrected. 

Number 7.  Misplaced midline – basically these are just misaligned lower and upper molars. 

There are different tools and devices that an orthodontist use in retaining oral muscles and help teeth in moving with your jaws.  Either it is removable (aligners, removable space maintainers, jaw repositioning appliances, palatal expander etc.)  or fixed (braces, special fixed appliances and fixed space maintainers), these should be done by putting pressure on your jaws or teeth.  Always take into account that any orthodontists should have access to these appliances otherwise, they won’t be able to do their job correctly.