• Early Orthodontics May Mean Less Treatment Later.

  Filed under Prevention
  Jan 15

  

  Look at yearbook or prom pictures from the 1950s or ’60s and you’ll see many smiles framed with heavy metal braces, a sight that’s increasingly rare on today’s high school campuses. Why the change? Children today tend to get braces at a much earlier age. It’s not uncommon for a patient as young as 7 or earlier to begin orthodontic treatment.

  “The American Association of Orthodontics (AAO) recommends that all children receive an orthodontic screening by age 7,” says Thomas Cangialosi, D.D.S., chairman of the Section of Growth and Development and director of the Division of Orthodontics at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine. “Permanent teeth generally begin to com in at age 6 or 7, and it is at this point in a child’s oral development that orthodontic problems become apparent.

  “Because bones are still growing, it’s an ideal time to evaluate a child and determine what orthodontic treatment, if any, may be needed either now or in the future,” Dr. Cangialosi says.

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