Department of Orthodontics

Orthodontics is a dental specialty that corrects crowding of the teeth and brings abnormal relationships of the jaws with each other and with other parts of the face to the ideal through treatment. Pre-surgical treatment of newborns with cleft lip and palate is also carried out by this department. Today, "dental orthodontic treatments" can be applied at any age. However, in the presence of skeletal anomalies, orthopedic treatment is possible only at an early age, and these problems, if left untreated in childhood, are treated in later years with orthognathic surgery. During orthodontic treatment, metal wires can be used; for patients who do not want the wires to be visible, clear (esthetic) brackets, clear orthodontic aligners and lingual orthodontic appliances applied to the back surfaces of the teeth can be used.

In addition to treating dental problems and skeletal problems of the jaws, this department prepares newborns with cleft lip and palate for surgery and provides the pre-treatment required for operations in which the jaws are surgically corrected (orthognathic surgery).