Editorial: Dental Hypotheses: Has Do-It-Yourself Alignment for Malocclusion Doomed the Orthodontic Specialty?
admin2022-01-08T15:45:37-05:00[Downloaded free from http://www.dentalhypotheses.com on Friday, January 1, 2021, IP: 241.187.251.232] Has Do-It-Yourself Alignment for Malocclusion Doomed the Orthodontic Specialty? TECHNOLOGY AND DO-IT-YOURSELF ORTHODONTICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY Orthodontics is the dental specialty that diagnoses and corrects malocclusion of teeth during and after eruption. Treatment involves the use of forces on teeth to shift their position. Traditionally the magnitude and direction of these forces are determined by the orthodontist and appliances fabricated for the application of these forces. Several years ago, digital technology was developed specifically for orthodontic treatment. By using computer guided design and manufacturing, appliances were fabricated that [...]