EDITORIAL What is orthodontics?
What is orthodontics? This may seem an odd question
to be posed in an orthodontic journal, but there is no
doubt that we are living through changing times within
our speciality.
There has recently been an explosion of
new,...
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EDITORIAL What is orthodontics?
What is orthodontics? This may seem an odd question
to be posed in an orthodontic journal, but there is no
doubt that we are living through changing times within
our speciality.
There has recently been an explosion of
new, exciting and heavily-marketed techniques to offer
our patients including self-ligating bracket systems,
aesthetic appliances and ‘do it all’ removables.
These
systems are revolutionizing contemporary practice.
Never before have patients been faced with such choice
in orthodontics.
Around every corner, on every high
street and on the internet there appears to be someone
who does not take teeth out and offers ‘invisible’ braces.
It is now possible to offer our patients the ‘six month
smile’, with a minimum of fuss and inconvenience not to
mention financial outlay.
The fear of being left behind prompts many of us to buy
the latest brackets systems, however untested they are;
and sign up to yet another accreditation course, however
ex
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