Smile is a possession of everyone, whose charm will be substantially increased by a set of white and beautiful teeth. Thus a myriad of individuals concern a lot about their teeth alignment. However, the situations like teeth malalignment, jawbone deformity and craniofacial deformity occurs in the process of our physical growth sometimes. That’s why people want to conduct orthodontics. As experts revealed, orthodontics is an indispensable measure to improve patients’ appearance, which requires them to conduct orthodontics as early as possible. As for many people, the improper retention after undergoing orthodontics results in its failure and the occurrence of an array of sequelae. It’s necessary for patients to follow the doctors’ advice carefully.

        Orthodontics is a long-running process, requiring much attention to health and growth of children’s teeth since their deciduous dentition. Some severe deformity, like anti-jaw, need to seek an early treatment in deciduous dentition. In the period of growing permanent teeth, parents should take children to visit a orthodontist regularly. Once there are some bad habits probably causing malocclusion, and some obstacles for growth of permanent teeth, a proper intervention should be taken into practice. As for some severe bone deformities like maxillary protrusion, mandibular protrusion and jaw opening, it’s necessary to undergo a early orthodontics before adolescence, so as to halt the progress of malocclusion and promote the normal growth of teeth and jawbone.

The best timing for orthodontics is the golden stage of physical growth, generally at the age of 11-13 for girls and 12-14 for boys, when the growing process of permanent teeth completes and jawbone still remains the potential to grow. A detailed examination is needed before orthodontics, including an X-ray and attaining the analytical model, so that the doctor is able to analyze the teeth situation comprehensively and work out a right diagnosis and treatment. A treatment to general malocclusion usually lasts for one to two years, followed with a period of retention. As for some severe skeletal malocclusion, there is a possibility for imperfect results and relapses, thus an Orthognathic surgery in adulthood is necessary.

Some adults still have a strong desire to do orthodontics, though they have missed the best timing. As long as one is healthy, without systemic diseases, dental caries, periodontal diseases and temporomandibular disorders, he is allowed to conduct orthodontics. If one is suffering from diseases mentioned above, he can still conduct orthodontics as long as he has undergone professional treatment and been in a stable situation without inflammation.

There are differences between adult orthodontics and children orthodontics. Since adults have no potential for further growth, they need to take a comprehensive treatment combining Orthognathic surgery with Orthodontics, intending to achieve a better result, for some severe bone deformities. As for the light and moderate bone deformities, the bone flaws can be covered up by compensatory movements of teeth. Limited by some personal factors and diseases, some patients is quite difficult to achieve an ideal result. Under this circumstance, they can only take some special measures correspondingly, trying to reach functional occlusion and improve the appearance to the largest extend. Besides, with a comparatively slower metabolizing rate and tooth growing speed, the time needed for orthodontics will be prolonged accordingly. Adults usually have a higher requirement for the beauty of appliance since they have to attend more social activities. At present, there is ceramic bracket, ORMCO and no-bracket orthodontic system which can meet adults’ requirements in aesthetic aspect.

According to experts, it’s imperative to choose a professional stomatological hospital for orthodontics, in order to avoid the occurrence of sequelae. A lower cost at present may result in a higher cost in future.