Dental Science & Advanced Dentistry

Orthodontics

Orthodontics is the division of dentistry that deals with teeth arrangement to correct malocclusions and also the modification of facial growth. While orthodontic treatment has usually been suggested for functional reasons, it is increasingly used for aesthetic reasons to develop a person’s appearance. Typical problems corrected using orthodontic applications include improperly aligned teeth, crowded or irregularly spaced teeth, swelling teeth, extra or missing teeth, misaligned jaws and bite problems. Orientation problems could also have arisen through accidents , prolonged thumb sucking or pacifier sucking in grown-up children, missing teeth, premature or late loss of baby teeth, tumors in the mouth, dental disease or inadequately fitted fillings, crowns or braces.