CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CROOKED TEETH

THE COMMON CAUSES OF CROOKED TEETH ARE AS FOLLOWS

• CROOKED TEETH OR MALALIGNED TEETH ARE MOSTLY HEREDITARY.
• THE OTHER CAUSES OF CROOKED TEETH COULD BE MALALIGNMENT OF THE UPPER AND LOWER JAWS
• SMALL SIZE OF JAWS LEADING TO CROWDING OF THE TEETH
• EARLY LOSS OF BABY TEETH
• FAILURE TO REPLACE THE LOST PERMANENT TEETH
• GUM DISEASE
• PROLONGED USE OF PACIFIERS OR THUMB SUCKING IN CHILDREN
• MISALIGNMENT OF THE JAWS AFTER FACIAL TRAUMA

THE EFFECTS OF SUCH MALALINGNED TEETH ARE:

• INABILITY TO CLEAN TEETH PROPERLY LEADING TO CAVITIES ESPECIALLY BETWEEN TEETH
• IMPROPER CHEWING OF FOOD
• GUM PROBLEMS-GINGIVITIS AND PERIODONTITIS
• FACIAL APPEARANCE IS NOT PLEASING
• SPEECH PROBLEMS
• AESTHETIC PROBLEMS IN SMILE
• TEMPOROMANDIBULAR(TMJ) PROBLEMS- CLICKING SOUNDS, PAIN

MALALIGNED TEETH CAN BE CORRECTED WITH HELP OF BRACES, IN SOME INSTANCES JAW SURGERIES ARE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE MALALIGNED JAW BONE STRUCTURE.

MALALIGNED TEETH