Around age seven, enough permanent teeth have usually erupted to make some developing bite and eruption problems easier to recognize, while significant growth still remains.
Around age seven, enough permanent teeth have usually erupted to make some developing bite and eruption problems easier to recognize, while significant growth still remains.
This guide is written for Maple Ridge patients as decision support. It cannot determine suitability for treatment without an examination and appropriate records.
Eruption sequence is one of the practical factors that can change diagnosis, appliance choice, treatment timing or the way progress is monitored. It should be discussed in the context of the whole case rather than treated as an isolated checklist item.
Crossbite detection is one of the practical factors that can change diagnosis, appliance choice, treatment timing or the way progress is monitored. It should be discussed in the context of the whole case rather than treated as an isolated checklist item.
Space for permanent teeth is one of the practical factors that can change diagnosis, appliance choice, treatment timing or the way progress is monitored. It should be discussed in the context of the whole case rather than treated as an isolated checklist item.
Growth monitoring is one of the practical factors that can change diagnosis, appliance choice, treatment timing or the way progress is monitored. It should be discussed in the context of the whole case rather than treated as an isolated checklist item.
No. Early assessment and early treatment are different things.
Some eruption, bite and growth issues are easier to identify while the dentition is still developing.
The recommendation may be treatment, monitoring, another dental step, or simply reassessment later.