San Diego Orthodontics

San Diego Orthodontics

Orthodontics is a specialty of dentistry that is concerned with the study and treatment of malocclusions (improper bites), which may be a result of tooth irregularity, disproportionate jaw relationships, or both. The word comes from the Greek words ortho meaning straight and odons meaning tooth.

Orthodontic treatment can focus on dental displacement only, or can deal with the control and modification of facial growth. In the latter case it is better defined as “dentofacial orthopedics”. Orthodontic treatment can be carried out for purely aesthetic reasons—improving the general appearance of patients’ teeth and face for cosmetic reasons—but treatment is often prescribed for practical reasons, providing the patient with a functionally improved bite (occlusion).

How to Correc Reverse Bite (Cross bite) by Elastics (Rubber Bands) in Orthodontic Treatment:

Surgical orthodontics requires a team of an orthodontist and an oral surgeon.  There is no age limit for orthodontic treatment. As a matter of fact, age range for patient with needs for surgical orthodontics is usually higher, because we need to wait for the growth of the jaw to cease.

San Diego Orthodontics