Crooked Teeth
Crooked teeth are very common in teenagers and adults alike. When baby teeth or permanent teeth begin coming in, they may move into a crooked position for a number of reasons: poor infant habits (such as overuse of pacifiers or thumb sucking), genetics, or just bad luck.
This isn’t necessarily problematic for baby teeth, since they are meant to fall out. However, crooked baby teeth can affect the slant of permanent teeth in complex ways.
Crooked baby teeth are more likely to fall out earlier than straight baby teeth, and when they do, the permanent tooth that will take its place typically grows in the same direction. Crooked teeth also present difficulties when brushing, flossing, chewing, and speaking.
Digestion can also be affected in a major way, because chewing is part of the chemical process where your saliva breaks the food into simpler pieces. Having crooked teeth can complicate healthy chewing habits, which threatens digestion and nutritional development, especially in the case of children.
To treat crooked teeth, we offer Braces
and Aligners. Please contact us
for a dental consultation or appointment.
