When To Call Your Orthodontist
Here are a few early warning signs indicating that it's time for an orthodontic exam:
- Early or late loss of teeth
- Difficulty in chewing or biting
- Mouth breathing, loud snoring at night and fatigue during the day
- Finger sucking or other oral habits
- Crowding, misplaced, or blocked-out teeth
- Jaws that shift, make sounds, protrude or retrude
- Speech difficulty
- Biting the cheek or biting into the roof of the mouth
- Protruding teeth
- Teeth that meet in an abnormal way or don't meet at all
- Facial imbalance or asymmetry
- Grinding or clenching of teeth