Learn how early treatment can improve your child’s confidence, support development and improve health for a lifetime.

1. A Parent’s Guide to the Benefits of Braces
How early treatment can improve your child’s confidence,
support development and improve health for a lifetime

2. Did you know that
can benefit from braces or
orthodontic appliances like
palate expanders or space
maintainers?
1 in 3 children

3. A study published by
the American Journal of
Orthodontics & Dentofacial
Orthopedics (AJODO)
showed that the earlier
children received treatment,
the more beneficial it was.

4. The Canadian Association of Orthodontists recommends that all
children visit an orthodontist by the time they turn 7.
Most children won’t start treatment until 13 or 14, but it’s safe and
most times advantageous to begin treatment earlier than that.

5. Orthodontists have three years of specialized
training beyond dental school in the study
of diagnosing and treating malocclusions, or
misaligned bites.
Why should you take your child to
an orthodontist instead of a dentist?

6. By helping your child get a
beautiful smile, they’ll
benefit from better
self-esteem, improved oral health,
and a reduced risk of any future
complications.
But how can Docbraces help?

7. Improving your child’s smile with orthodontics can help
minimize appearance-consciousness during those critical years
of development. The study by
the AJODO demonstrated that
there was a correlation between
children who received orthodontic
treatment and an increase in
happiness and self-esteem, and a
reduction in anxiety.
Confidence and Self-Esteem

8. If a child gets braces, particularly when this treatment is sought
earlier in life, it can have a positive impact on correcting the width
of dental arches and the shape
and growth of the jaws. This
in turn helps your child’s facial
development and can even help
with the ability to speak more
clearly.
Development

9. Braces or corrective appliances can have a long-lasting, positive
impact on a patient’s overall health. Orthodontic treatment is
known to improve oral hygiene by encouraging the proper spacing
needed for effective brushing
and cleaning. This reduces the
chance of cavities, gum disease
and tooth decay, which have
been linked to heart disease.
Health

10. That even nutrient absorption is
improved through orthodontic
treatment? Reducing bite
alignment issues can improve
your child’s ability to chew,
helping food to be processed
more efficiently by the body.
Did you know....

11. At Docbraces, we believe that “an ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure,” and can help your child by:
• eliminating the need for jaw surgery or more complex
treatments later in life
• diminishing the need for extractions of permanent teeth
• lowering the likelihood of injury to protruded front teeth
• correcting harmful oral habits
• reducing strain and damage to jaw joints
• shortening or simplifying treatment time for braces
• increasing the stability of the final results
Preventing Complications

12. That by seeing an orthodontist
early enough it can reduce your
child’s need for braces or more
complicated procedures when
they get older?
Did you know....

13. All of Docbraces patients,
regardless of age, receive the
most technologically advanced
treatment available. We’re also
an Elite Provider of Invisalign
and Invisalign Teen, so we’ve got
extensive experience with treating
patients using these clear plastic,
removable, nearly invisible trays.

14. Docbraces always offers FREE consultations, regardless of age.
If you’re in Moncton, Miramichi, Summerside, Charlottetown,
Amherst, Halifax,
Dartmouth or Bedford,
why not visit your nearest
Docbraces?

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