Misaligned jaw results either due to malaligned teeth or malaligned jaw since birth or during the growth phase. Open bite, deep bite, crossbite, maxillary deficiency, jaw discrepancies, forwardly placed mandible, and fracture are some of the causes of a misaligned jaw. It can exhibit symptoms like lisping, shifting of the jaw towards a side while jaw opening, clenching involuntarily, pain in the temporomandibular joint and ears, etc.
Functional Appliances for Jaw Alignment: The Advantages in Mixed Dentition
Functional appliances are used in both interceptive and pediatric orthodontics to correct or align the teeth and jaw. Read the article to know in detail.
