Interdisciplinary Orthodontics

In this era of esthetics, with the increasing demands and expectations of the patients to have a pleasing facial profile, functionally stable and secured treatment results, the practice of dentistry is advancing from a single specialist or general dentist practice to that of an amalgamate team support. This enables and ensures the best utilization of the skills and aptitude of clinicians of different specialities for the much better outcome treatment of the patients. Such integrated care of patient¿s dental requirement is explained as interdisciplinary treatment. Affiliation of orthodontics with other fields of dentistry proposes a better treatment and are mutually beneficial. The combined approach can significantly enhance the oral health & facial aesthetic in many situations as discussed in this book.