Misaligned bites

Growth spurts and physical developments are common in adolescent age. Similarly, the jaw bone also goes through certain changes as the facial muscles grow. Normal growth promotes changes in the mouth with proper teeth alignment.

On particular occasions, jaw bone development paves the way for structural issues and alters the alignment of teeth. It causes bite issues that mandate orthodontic treatments to fix.

Hence we advise every parent to check if their teenage son or daughter encounters any difference in their bite and take them to their dentist. An oral evaluation with X-rays is required to detect the shift in teeth position.

Wisdom teeth, or third molar teeth, are the last set of molars that appear in the late teens or early 20s. The physical development of an individual will be completed to a great extent in this stage. Likely, jaw bone and skull growth are also mostly completed in our late adolescent stage.