Xinhua Full Media+| Experts answered questions on the "whole teeth fever" in summer children

Xinhua News Agency, Hangzhou, July 27th (Reporter Huang Xiao Huang Kaiying) Summer is the peak time of children's orthodontics. "Children's orthodontics must be as early as possible" "Do not let the incisors cover the child's smile" "One step early, let the children win on the starting line" ... On some commercial children's oral institutions and social platforms, similar slogans It's not uncommon.

The reporter's investigation found that some businesses and institutions deliberately create anxiety, too small or in the stage of improper growth and development, not only to allow children to bear a greater physical and mental burden, but also not conducive to the stability of oral function. Waiting for serious problems.

Early "wear braces" to win the starting line?

Fang Yiwen (pseudonym), a elementary school student who has just changed the deciduous teeth, started her "braces life" before the summer vacation. Because the gap between the two incisors was a bit big, Ms. Chen was worried that the problem of teeth would affect her daughter's face value, so she took her to a family in Hangzhou. Business children's dental institution.

"The doctor said that my daughter had to wear braces for orthodontics in this situation, pushing the teeth behind, and narrowing the gap." Ms. Chen said that her daughter was very uncomfortable at first and often complained that her teeth were painful. I also thought about giving up, "But every time I go to the clinic, I see the clinic with" Don't be a beautiful smile because the teeth are not beautiful, and I owe the child with a confident smile. "

The reporter saw in multiple dental institutions that the children of orthodontics were available in each age, and some were only three or four years old. Many parents have said that they are worried that their children's teeth will affect their face value, which will affect self -confidence. "Many children in the class wear braces, and they have conditions at home. They can't let the child dare to laugh because of the problem of teeth." A 10 -year -old mother said.

The reporter's investigation found that some institutions seized the "appearance anxiety" of these parents and used various marketing talks to sell correction treatment for their children to parents. Winning on the starting line "... Similar words have made many parents move.

Ye Yu, deputy chief physician of the Department of Stomatology of the Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, observed that some parents lack of understanding of early childhood correction. For some children who do not need to be corrected after diagnosis, even if they patiently explained to their parents, "5, six, or seven or eight years old, seven or eight years old. During the nine -year -old period of teeth, the teeth were normal, and they could be adjusted slowly later. "However, individual parents still said that" there is no time to wait, and the child's appearance is "flawed '."

Several dental experts said that premature orthodontics may bring risks to children's dental health and even cause medical accidents.

Be wary of the two major routines for accidental treatment

The reporter's investigation found that through various marketing methods, some parents have made some parents more determined to the wrong ideas of "the whole teeth must be on the schedule". The reporter saw grass notes and experiences about children's orthodontics on multiple social platforms. Many maternal and infant bloggers and parenting bloggers promoted promotion of invisible braces products and published experiences and positive evaluations to attract customers. In fact, these bloggers are recruited by institutions or merchants, and the content of the graphic and text published is not their own real experience, but compiled according to a unified publicity copy.

An administrative penalty information released by the Shanghai Market Supervision and Administration Bureau shows that on December 16, 2020, Zhengya Dental and Shanghai Qubo Culture Communication Co., Ltd. signed a service order, agreed to pass the Shanghai Family Culture Communication Co., Ltd. randomly recruit 400 bloggers to promote the invisible braces products sold on an e -commerce platform app. After verification, these 400 bloggers are not actual users of the products involved, and the contents of the release are false compilation. The service costs were 339,200 yuan in the above -mentioned publicity and promotion services. In the end, the above -mentioned agencies were fined 450,000 yuan by relevant departments, and the promotion graphics released by 400 bloggers have also been removed.

In addition, some oral institutions attract parents at low prices and continue to increase various costs during treatment.

At present, the price of metal bracket correction projects is generally more than 20,000 yuan. The reporter saw on a group purchase website that the children's metal bracket correction project of a dental clinic, with a activity price of 4980 yuan. When calling for a detailed understanding of whether 4980 yuan contains all fees for the full cycle, the merchant customer service staff can not be available. After repeatedly, the additional fee is also included, the film fee is 100 yuan, the model is 200 yuan, the complex cases of 3,000 yuan, the treatment cost of 3,000 yuan, etc. You need to pay separately.

Many interviewed experts mentioned that many children will have temporary mandibular jaws during the teeth. In order to make a profit for profit, some bad business oral institutions use "the less the more money to spend the money", "the second correction of the second correction without recurrence" "Say" and other sayings attract parents not only waste time and money to do useless work, and premature orthodontics may directly affect the development of deciduous teeth and the replacement of permanent teeth. Children's psychological experts said that children's excessive pursuit of "face value" during a low age is not conducive to children's physical and mental health.

Experts said that there is still a risk of children's blind correction during the teeth: "The latter teeth are not high enough, or the development of the entire jaw bone is not wide enough, and it will appear mild crowded. The teeth and the roots of the teeth are not developed well, and the orthodontics may be corrected. "

"Choose the time" is better than "the sooner the better"

"More and more parents have begun to attach importance to the problem of orthodontics of children. It is very good to have such a health literacy." Xu Baohua, director of the Stomatology Center of Sino -Japanese Friendship Hospital and professor of dental abnormality at Peking University The earlier, the better, "Finding the best time, in the shortest time, this kind of correction is the most scientific and humane." A primary school student accepted orthodontics at the Children's Stomatology Department of Stomatological Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang University Medical College. Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Xiao

Xu Baohua introduced that errors can be divided into functional, dental and bone. The cause of the bone anti -jaw is that the maxillary bone grows slowly, and the mandibular bone grows fast. "The upper and lower jaw bones are like two cars with different speeds. When I was two or three years old, the anti -jaw problem was solved, and it may recur. "

Another example is that the chin, the symmetrical symmetry of the face, and the severe teeth are osteo dental deformities. Experts introduce the need to comprehensively check the child's teeth and mandibular face, analyze the type, severity, and bone age of the wrong jaw Start orthodontics, rather than treatment as soon as possible. For adverse habits and abnormal facial muscle function, such as the normal development of facial skeletal and oral function, as long as the child cooperates, the earlier the correction effect is better, but it is generally after 4 years old.

Wu Zhifang, director of the Children's Stomatology Department of Zhejiang University Medical College Affiliated Stomatology Hospital, said that parents should avoid some misunderstandings and traps, and need to grasp some principles. Purchase the homes at home on the network platform; in addition, you cannot move other cases of correction cases on your child. Early orthodontics are personalized.

The experts interviewed suggested that medical institutions should follow medical standards and specifications and strictly abide by the principles of scientific treatment. Industry Associations should explore the formulation of orthodontic treatment standards for children, determine the age group suitable for correction, and guide scientifically and reasonably to carry out early childhood orthodontics.

[Editor in charge: Cheng Lan]

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