January 5, 2009
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics
Orthodontics is that area of dentistry concerned with the supervision, guidance and correction of the growing or mature dentofacial structures, including those conditions that require movement of teeth or correction of malrelationships and malformations of their related structures and the adjustment of relationships between and among teeth and facial bones by the application of forces and/or the stimulation and redirection of functional forces within the craniofacial complex. Major responsibilities of orthodontic practice include the diagnosis, prevention, interception and treatment of all forms of malocclusion of the teeth and associated alterations in their surrounding guidance of the dentition and its supporting structures to attain and maintain optimum occlusal (bite fitting) relations in physiologic and esthetic harmony among facial and cranial structures. (Definition adopted by the American Dental Association December 1980)
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