ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT & PERIODONTAL TISSUES
Author(s): Feras Ibrahem* and Yulia Petrovna Mansour
Abstract
The correlation between periodontal supportive tissues and orthodontic treatment is confirmed, as well as its positive or negative repercussions on the success of the treatment and its final results. This fact is due to many factors related to the structure of the periodontal tissues, type of malocclusion, treatment procedures, and others.
In this article, we tried to give a comprehensive review of all aspects related to this correlation with a focus on gingival recession and orthodontic treatment, at the end we concluded the article with a set of important recommendations to reach safe treatment outcomes at the periodontal tissues as possible.