What causes crooked teeth and/ or bite problems?
Crooked teeth and/ or bite problems are caused by a number of factors. These factors include but are not limited to: discrepancy between tooth size and jaw size (ie, large teeth in a small jaw), missing teeth, blocked out permanent teeth from early loss of baby teeth, habits (i.e., thumb sucking), and heredity. 5. How do teeth move? Brackets are attached on the teeth and then can be moved along the archwire into more ideal positions. The archwire has an ideal arch form and once deformed into each bracket will apply a force to each tooth in the attempt to return to its ideal arch form. From the biological perspective, when a force is applied to a tooth, the bone that supports or holds the root of the tooth in place is gradually removed on one side and replaced on another side to allow the tooth to move within the bone. 6. Will it hurt? The placement of the brackets and bands on the teeth does not hurt but is a time consuming process. Once the wire is placed into the brackets, the teeth
