Orthodontics is not only used to improve your appearance. The main purpose of treatment is to get teeth into proper occlusion so as to improve the overall stability of your oral cavity.
Malocclusion or malaligned teeth can have long term effects, such as:
- Interference with normal growth and development of the jaws.
- Abnormal swallowing patterns
- Abnormal Facial Muscle function
- Impairment of chewing
- Speech defects
- Susceptibility to cavities due to the difficulty of removing plaque from crooked teeth.
- Vulnerability to accidents or fractured teeth (if your front teeth stick out, they may be more easily injured)
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