Do I need a follow-up visit after orthodontics?

Many people will ask the doctor after starting to correct their teeth: "Can't you correct your teeth right away?" ? Is it necessary to visit again every month?

When doctors hear these words, they often laugh and cry: "Do it at once, which is equivalent to pulling out the seedlings. Would you like it?

Orthodontics is a step-by-step effort, and the monthly follow-up visit is to apply force to the teeth, so that the teeth can move faster, without hurting the teeth, and achieve better correction results.

If the force is applied in advance, it will cause tooth inclination, root absorption, and the speed of tooth movement will decrease, which is not good for tooth health. This is the so-called haste makes waste!

At the same time, many people think that doctors repeatedly explain the time of follow-up, don't follow the doctor's advice, are lazy, or don't go for follow-up at all. The final result-the time of orthodontics has become longer, and I can only bear it myself!

Warm reminder:

If you choose an orthodontist: please trust him, cooperate with him and follow the doctor's advice. Doctors often use their years of experience to minimize your pain and let you have neat and white teeth as soon as possible. If you don't go for a follow-up visit, no matter how clever your medical skills are, you can't help you!

Three steps of orthodontic face-to-face consultation

After deciding on orthodontics, you only need to refer to the following orthodontics trilogy, and the first visit and the second visit can be completed in one step:

Step one:

See a doctor for the first time

Check whether the patient needs orthodontic treatment, point out the existing problems, preliminarily estimate the general plan of treatment, and inform the orthodontic patients of the general treatment method, time, cost and matters needing attention.

Determine the corrected patient: the doctor will arrange for the patient to take photos, take X-rays and print dental casts. Doctors measure, analyze and design these photos, X-rays and dental models, and then decide the treatment plan according to the analysis results of these materials.

Second step

Correct and cure

First visit: discuss the problems existing in the teeth and the treatment plan in detail. Including: whether orthodontic treatment can be carried out; Need to pull out teeth, pull out those teeth; What materials are used; Efficacy, course of treatment and cost.

Second visit: tooth extraction (patients who need to have their teeth extracted and recover for a period of time before tooth extraction).

The third visit: installing electrical appliances. This is the core of orthodontics.

Non-invisible correction: Follow-up and debugging once a month to exert force on teeth to make them move faster!

Invisible correction: change the appliance once every two weeks, you can change it yourself, and you can see a doctor once every two months!

Step 3:

keep

When the tooth deformity is corrected and the doctor thinks it meets the requirements from a professional point of view, the original appliance will be taken out, and then the patient needs to wear a retainer to prevent the rebound from recurring and consolidate the orthodontic result, which is also the last step in the orthodontic process.

Generally, the retainer needs to be worn for about one year, during which it is visited once every three months. Because everyone's deformity is different, the treatment method is different, and the time and cost required are different. Correction is a complicated process, which takes a little longer and needs the understanding and cooperation of orthodontists to ensure the ideal effect. Therefore, patience is necessary.

Finally, orthodontics must go to a formal dental institution and be corrected by a professional doctor. Don't accept unprofessional treatment because it is convenient and cheap. At the same time, for the convenience of follow-up, it is recommended to choose a dental clinic close to home.