The necessity and methods of early orthodontic interven-tion of preadolescent malocclusions
LI Xiao-bing
Abstract：Early orthodontic intervention is to prevent, guide,and treat occlusal and maxillofacial problems in prima-ry,mixed and permanent dentitions immediately in the earli-est available time. Early orthodontic interventions indicate all sorts of oral therapies through the construction of the occlu-sions,like oral therapy of dental diseases,the corrections of oral habits, the occlusal guidance treatments, orthodontic treatments and dental facial orthopedic treatments. The den-tist should use all kinds of methods,including preventive treatments,adjunctive orthodontic treatments and intercep-tive orthodontic treatments,to create a healthy oral environ-ment in order to achieve the good maxillofacial development and occlusal construction. Early orthodontic intervention is an important part of the modern pediatric dentistry and orthodon-tics. It is also the trend and direction of developing pediatric stomatology and orthodontics.
Keywords：preadolescent malocclusionsearly orthodon-tic interventiondevelopment of occlusions and jawsocclusal guidancepediatric dentistryorthodontics
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：9( 709-717 )