, Department of Stomatology, Suzhou Dongwu Hospital; In oral medicine, crooked teeth are called malocclusion. We generally believe that it is the result of factors such as genetics, diseases, endocrine disorders, malnutrition, tooth replacement obstacles, and bad oral habits. Currently, there are "30％～50％ of people who experience this condition, and it is on the rise. Many reasons have been mentioned for crooked teeth, but none of them are the main cause. Although we say it's genetic, why did ancient people rarely have this issue? Therefore, the key factor should be degeneration, and the reason for degeneration is disuse. As human life continues to evolve, people transitioned from eating raw food to cooked food, and then from cooked food to soft food. The function of teeth has become increasingly less important. Consequently, the jawbone does not receive adequate stimulation, leading to insufficient development of the skull while the degeneration of teeth occurs more slowly. This creates a contradiction between small jawbones and large teeth, where the jawbone cannot accommodate all the teeth. A large number of malocclusions are characterized by crowded teeth. The development process of the jawbone is long and continuously remodels throughout life. Its remodeling is closely related to the state of occlusal function and the eruption of teeth.
Experts from the Department of Stomatology at Suzhou Dongwu Hospital emphasize that to reduce malocclusion, maintain good teeth, or preserve the results of orthodontic treatment, the most crucial aspect is to enhance usage, such as eating hard foods, fibrous foods, or practicing tooth tapping. In this regard, we have found that patients with bruxism (nighttime teeth grinding) tend to have very straight teeth. Women, due to poorer occlusal function, often experience malocclusion after adulthood.
Orthodontic treatment at Suzhou Dongwu Oral Hospital involves orthodontists using corrective appliances to move teeth and remodel the jawbone and muscles to achieve the goal of correcting malocclusion. Orthodontic treatment is a beauty "project" and also a beauty "investment". It requires careful clinical experience, functional analysis, model measurement analysis, X-ray measurement analysis to develop a reasonable treatment plan.