What are the dangers of uncorrected malocclusion?

Bad oral habits and living habits can lead to misaligned teeth and misalignment. If they cannot be corrected in time, it will cause psychological damage and cause some serious diseases. So what are the dangers? Let’s take a look together!
Harmful to oral health: teeth are crowded and dislocated, and it is not easy to clean when brushing, so that food residues stay in the gap for a long time. Dental caries, dental calculus, gingivitis, etc. are prone to occur at the gingival margin, etc.; the misaligned teeth often do not bite properly, which can easily cause trauma to the teeth and periodontal tissue.
Malocclusion can also cause abnormal jaw movement, fatigue the facial muscles, and cause joint snapping and pain when opening and closing the mouth.
Affect the normal function of the oral cavity: open jaw, underbite, locked jaw, etc. can reduce the chewing function. Sparse anterior teeth, open jaw, and deep coverage affect pronunciation. Severe mandibular retraction can affect normal breathing, and severe mandibular protrusion can cause abnormal swallowing. Affects the appearance and appearance: uneven teeth, open lips and teeth, maxillary protrusion, mandibular protrusion, mandibular retraction, etc. cause facial incoordination, which not only affects the appearance of the face, but also makes the patient easy to feel inferiority complex, which has an adverse effect on mental health. .
Affects the whole body health: The malocclusion will reduce the chewing function, and the food will be chewed insufficiently, which will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. It will cause indigestion or gastrointestinal diseases for a long time, thereby affecting the absorption of nutrients and detrimental to the health of the body.
Influence on maxillofacial development: During the growth and development of children, some malocclusions will affect the normal development of maxillofacial soft and hard tissues. If not treated in time, the deformity will become more and more serious with age. For example, if the anterior crossbite is not treated in time, the lower dental arch restricts the development of the maxilla, and the mandible develops excessively forward due to the lack of coordination between the upper and lower arches, forming a depression of 1/3 of the face and a mandibular protrusion deformity.