Malocclusion, is it the new epidemic?

Surely you know someone who suffers from a malformation in her teeth, or even it is happening or has happened to you, basically because this is much more common than we think. Malocclusion, to understand it, is a bad alignment of the teeth or the way the upper and lower teeth fit together. Although it may seem surprising, most people suffer from it, but not everyone need treatment.

Surprisingly, in so many cases, it is hereditary. Others are caused due to the bad habits we acquire in our early childhood, one of the most important growth stages in our life when we develop our body and mouth. Something as usual as; sucking a finger in kids, breathing with your mouth opened or taking the feeding bottle for a long time, are some of the most common factors that affect our denture. Of course, bad eating and day a day habits like biting nails, ice, pencils or pens… apart from the damage it provokes to the alignment of our teeth they can end up breaking dental pieces.

Orthodontics has become a regular practice nowadays and it is incredible the information that the international statistics that show us the high percentage of malocclusion that is present in this century. More than the 50% of young people in USA need a treatment to solve a malformation in their mouth and in Spain, one in for people has used orthodontics, while the 70% of the population would be happy to get this treatment if they need it. These high rates could place the occlusion as the new epidemic in just a few years.

In Smylife we understand that, increasingly, there are more patients needing and aiming a treatment to solver this problem and, as always, we try to offer solutions with the most advanced techniques. First, we have to visit our dentist to analyze our case and get a complete diagnosis of our situation and plan the needed treatments. Through SmyDesign, we can fix the bite, and all the problems our mouth could have, thanks to the latest technology in smile design, DSD (Digital Smile Design).

In this process, the digital orthodontics SmySecret has a very important role. It is a system that, thanks to the digital plan, it permits to make a more predictable and effective final result. Apart from being a quicker solution than other alternatives, it is almost invisible and removable (when eating or brushing teeth), always making sure that the patient wears it at least 22 hours a day.

So, if you are suffering from malocclusion, do not worry. As you can see, fortunately it is a very common problem and thanks to all the developments in oral health, it can be solved.