Essentials of gaining space in Orthodontics

The balance of tooth and jaws contribute to a great extent making beauty of face. A beautiful face is well proportioned; one with correct relationship between jaws and a set of well-aligned teeth, while imbalance in these structures leads to malocclusion. Severe malocclusion can lead to psychological and functional disturbances in the patient.Patients with severe malocclusion or dentofacial deformities reported significantly higher levels of oral health impacts than the general population.Malocclusion has a psychological impact in adolescents and this impact increases with the severity of malocclusion. To treat various malocclusions, the orthodontist requires space to move teeth into a more ideal position.Expansion and extraction were the only methods that ruled the 18th and 19th century as the methods of gaining space.This book covers in detail various methods available in the present era to gain spaces for orthodontic tooth movement.