The most important characteristic of adult dental correction is that adults have many issues that children don't need to consider, which makes this type of orthodontic treatment more complex. Lingual orthodontics requires even more handling.
Key features of adult dental correction include longer duration, more handling, and more potential risks. Since the physical development of adults has largely been completed, the plasticity of the dental area is very low. Moreover, due to slower metabolism and reduced biological responsiveness in adults, the time required for dental correction will be longer in order to achieve ideal results. Dental correction for children usually takes about a year, whereas for adults it generally takes around two years.
Additionally, adult dental correction is more complicated because adults are more likely to suffer from various dental diseases such as cavities, periodontal disease, missing teeth, tooth wear, broken crowns, broken roots, poor restorations in the mouth, temporomandibular joint disorders, etc. Therefore, more oral processing is needed to create a suitable environment for dental correction. There are also other diseases such as rheumatic heart disease, coronary heart disease, hypothyroidism, excessive stomach acid, diabetes, arthritis, bleeding disorders, epilepsy, etc., that must be controlled before any dental treatment can proceed.
These are the characteristics of adult dental correction. In summary, although dental correction can still be done after adulthood, it is always more complicated and time-consuming than during childhood.