*Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College Nagpur, Maharashtra.
**Department of Periodontics and Implant, Mansarover Dental College, Bhopal, MP State.
Department of Orthodontics, People's College of Dental Sciences, Bhopal, MP State.
Online published on 9 November, 2012.
Adjunctive orthodontic treatment for adults is, by definition, tooth movement carried out to facilitate other dental procedures necessary to control disease restore function and/or enhance appearance. The adult orthodontics is a complex treatment involving several dental disciplines, as increase in awareness among the patients is more. However, the first visit to the orthodontist may result in a number of conflicts, which may develop between the orthodontist, general dentist and the patient. Hence, it is about interdependence of all the specialties in dentistry to rule out the possible etiological factor for the excellence in patient general dental care and esthetics. This article emphasizes on treatment principle for well defined treatment goal with combined ortho-perio-endo-prostho-and surgery specialties.
Adult Orthodontics, Treatment planning, Interdisciplinary Treatment
