Patient's question:
Please ask, my child's teeth are crooked, and I want to do teeth correction. How old should the child be suitable for this?Doctor's answer:
Generally, the best time to correct dental malocclusion is in the early permanent dentition stage (i.e., 12 or 13 years old), when children have just completed their tooth replacement and are in a period of vigorous growth and development. Functional malocclusions often occur during the mixed dentition stage (6–12 years old), and delayed treatment can develop into osteogenic malformations. The optimal treatment period should be during the mixed dentition stage. Based on your situation, it is recommended that you first visit a formal dental hospital for an examination. Typically, a child's teeth take shape only by the age of eleven or twelve. They can first have a dental X-ray taken.