World orthodontic Health Day

Today (May 15th) is the first World Orthodontic Health Day (WOHD). The theme is: regular teeth, healthy life

The World Dental Federation (FDI) at the 2016 World Dental Federation annual meeting believes that oral health is not isolated, and oral health is defined as an integral part of "general health and personal happiness""

In April 30, 2017, the World Federation of orthodontics (WFO) Executive Committee in Santiago, the United States, formally determined that every year in May 15th for "World Orthodontic WOHD Health Day"

The birth of this festival, aims to arouse public awareness of Orthodontics, promote the orthodontic doctors orthodontic treatment for health of our people. Not only is the alignment of orthodontic teeth, teeth pursuit, so that more and more children, adults undergoing orthodontic treatment.

In fact, a professional orthodontic treatment plan is not only aligned teeth, also need to consider a lot. Such as occlusion, facial appearance, periodontal condition and temporomandibular joint health. Therefore, the correction is required before a detailed diagnosis of the teeth, and then develop a personalized treatment plan.

Personalized treatment plan

General patients to the hospital for the first time, the doctor will check the occlusion in patients with the profile, put forward a general recommendations for the treatment of knee function, such as treatment may require time and cost, whether extraction. Patients after orthodontic treatment, need to do a series of diagnosis, such as the inside of the mouth and the facial appearance in all directions of the photos, take panoramic model, X - ray cephalometric; the doctor through the analysis of these data measurement, formulate individualized treatment plan for patients. The second visit, the doctor will give patients with the treatment plan, get the patients after confirmation, can start the follow-up treatment,Choose the orthodontic appliance and other procedures

Nowadays, apart from traditional metal appliances, there are many choices, such as self-locking appliance, ceramic appliance, invisible bracket appliance, lingual appliance and so on. As to how to choose, you need to communicate with the doctor according to your teeth condition