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
