What is orthodontic treatment?
Orthodontics is the science that examines the crowding and diastemas of the teeth, the relationship of the jaw bones with each other and the skull bones and diagnosing the existing problems related to them. Orthodontic treatment is a way of treating disorders in this system.
The treatment method is decided by considering the patient's age for disorders such as crowding of the teeth, diastemas, anterior or posterior lower jaw position. If the patient is in adolescence and the lower-upper jaw structure is behind, it can be treated with orthodontic techniques. If the patient is an adult, the treatment of skeletal disorders is carried out in cooperation with orthodontics and surgery. Depending on functional disorders, for example; Jaw mismatch can be observed in cases such as mouth breathing. In a person who breathes through the mouth, the upper part of the chin will be narrow, so it will be in a V form.