Orthodontics is a specialty of dentistry that takes care of all study, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of abnormal shape, position, relation and function of structures dentomaxilofaciales; still pursue the art to prevent, diagnose and repair any possible changes and keep them in an optimum state of health and harmony through the use and control of different types of forces
The desire to correct the tight, irregular or protruding teeth is very old, because there is evidence that as early as the eighth century BC It is trying to solve these anomalies. Among the ethnographic findings include Greek and Etruscan world orthodontic appliances gorgeous design.
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