Why I love Orthodontics

What is it about?

Many of my friends who are dentists believe that Orthodontics is boring and repetitive. I have thought a lot about this general idea that dentists have towards my specialty, and I cannot totally blame them. Generally speaking, I have to admit that, if I had to perform orthodontics “by the book,” my specialty would probably be more than boring to me. Taking impressions, categorizing the occlusion and growth pattern and applying a fixed appliance involves waiting months to see results and then worrying for relapse and retention compliance. In addition, you have to cope with every single mother and father requesting endless explanations and selfish kids that do not bother with oral hygiene. An Inferno.On the other hand, dentists are living a very interesting and passionate part of their profession: implants and advancements in surgical techniques, CAD-CAM and 3D, just to name a few. Not that this progress in techniques and biomaterials is not important, but is it not the same dentistry we’ve done for years?

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