Orthodontics is a branch of dentistry that deals, among other things, with the study and correction of the position of the teeth in the jaw.
Due to the great popularity of this branch, in the next few issues you will read about some of the possibilities that orthodontics offers you, primarily through answers to the questions of what orthodontics is, who the patients are and what changes it treats, how to prevent these changes and finally how and in what way to cure them.
The textbook definition of orthodontics would be that it is a branch of dentistry that deals with the study and supervision of dento-facial growth and development from birth to maturity, including all preventive, interceptive and therapeutic interventions in dental, dento-alveolar, maxillary, inter-maxillary and maxillo-facial irregularities.
They require correction with the help of mechanical forces or stimulation and redirection of functional forces within the maxillofacial complex with the help of specially designed devices to establish optimal occlusal relationships and a harmonious facial appearance.
In simple words, orthodontics is a branch that monitors the growth and development of the face and jaws, and if there are some disorders, it affects their correction.
All those conditions in which there is a deviation from the normal relationship of one tooth to another in the same dental arch, as well as to the teeth of the opposite arch, are designated as malocclusions.
Those irregularities, which orthodontics deals with, are roughly divided into:
- irregularities of individual teeth - such as excessive or missing teeth, poorly positioned teeth, etc.;
- irregularities of the dental arches - such as anxiety or loose teeth in the jaw;
- irregularities of the group of teeth in different planes - this includes changes in the position of the group of teeth in all three planes (forward - back, up - down, left - right), so, for example, this includes tooth progeny (protruded front teeth forward), deep bite (when the upper front teeth cover the lower ones), reverse overlap (when the lower front teeth cross over the upper ones) and many others.
What should be kept in mind is that with these, as with all others, irregularities are always based on "normal", which makes things difficult because the criteria for "normal" are individual.
In the next article, you will read a little more about measures to prevent these changes. (www.mojstomatolog.net)
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