Month: June 2013

The orthodontist is a specialist in the diagnosis, prevention of interception and treatment of dental malocclusions and dentofacial anomalies. After having completed the 6 years of study in dentistry and completed a thesis in order to become a Doctor of Dental Surgery, to become an orthodontist, you must pass a very selective competition ( CECSMO)…

We often refer to “orthodentia” but the exact term is “orthodontics”. Coming from the Greek “ortho” meaning right and “odontos” signifiant tooth, orthodontics is a specialty of dentistry that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention and correction or treatment of dentofacial anomalies and dental malpositions. The technical term to describe these problems is “malocclusion”. The practice…