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EARLY TREATMENT PRESENTS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO:
- influence jaw growth in a positive manner
- improve the width of the dental arches
- reduce the need to extract permanent teeth
- reduce or eliminate the need for jaw surgery
- lower the risk of trauma to protruded front teeth
- correct harmful oral habits
- improve aesthetics and self-esteem
- simplify and shorten treatment time for definitive orthodontic treatment
- increase stability of final treatment results
- reduce likelihood of impacted permanent teeth
- improve speech development
- improve position of first permanent molars
- guide permanent teeth into more favorable positions
- improve lip competence
- perserve or gain space for erupting permanent teeth
- reduce potential for damage to TM joints
- encourage better compliance before the uncooperative teenage years.
REMEMBER, ALL KIDS SHOULD HAVE AN
ORTHODONTIC SCREENING NO LATER THAN AGE 7
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