Orthodontics

The movement of healthy teeth from an incorrect to a correct position is performed when the patient’s occlusion is causing unhealthy or painful tooth contact points on other teeth or the soft tissues.  Correcting painful or harmful occlusal relationships can also be achieved by surgically extracting teeth, and reducing the height of the clinical crown.  Many of these abnormal relationships can be recognized at very young ages (3-8 months) and should be corrected at that time.