35^th American Dentistry Congress

Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics

Orthodontics

The term "orthodontics" may be pointed into 2 Greek words - "orthos" that means straight or correct and "dontics" that means teeth. Orthodontics designates the rehearsal of straightening misaligned teeth or malocclusions. Dentists who stipulate in Dental medicine will facilitate manage an abnormal positioning of the teeth, jaws and face. While dental medicine entails the management of the tooth movement, dentofacial orthopedics encompasses the advice of facial progress and the facial development that materializes for the foremost half throughout the childhood, and could be a cause youngsters and is a reason typically the most effective candidates for receiving dentofacial orthopedic treatment.

Dentofacial Orthopedics

Dentofacial medical science is one amongst the numerous areas that a medical practitioner will concentrate on treating any imbalances of the jaws and teeth. The goal of a dentofacial medical science is to guide a facial development and growth in order that the teeth line up commonly.