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My daughter age 12.. what is correct age limit to fix braces? Is this age right time or i wait for 1 more year? Please suggest.
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it is d optimum age
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This age is about the right age to fix braces. However, get an evaluation done by an Orthodontist at the earliest. Usually we wait for all milk teeth to shed before we start treatment. But there are several other factors involved. If you wait for another year, things might get complicated.
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I don't say that treatment has to be started immediately. But an immediate evaluation will make the future treatment easier with better planning.
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Some malocclusions like crossbites need immediate correction.
On the other hand proclination of teeth correction usually is done after all your milk teeth have been replaced with permanent teeth.
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better to get clinically evaluated
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consult a pedodontist or a orthodontist
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Dear patient,if her all deciduous(milk ) teeth are gone and then u can proceed further to start the braces treatment otherwise wait for shedding of remaining milk teeth.
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Dr. Praveen M
Dentist
23 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Usually it's an apt age for orthodontic treatment to get it done.get a clinical evaluation done by orthodontist,usually it should be done once all the milk teeth are shed,and second molars are erupted
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Dr. Kshitiz Rohilla
Oral Pathologist
16 yrs exp
Faridabad
It seems like the appropriate age for orthodontic treatment because we do not go exactly by the chronological age but by the time when the permanent second molars erupt. Consult an orthodontist who can perform a clinical examination and the arch analysis to decide whether the orthodontic treatment can be started now or not.
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