Midline asymmetries and treatment choises

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Nowadays the importance given to facial aesthetic is increasing. The coincidence of facial, maxiller and mandibuler dental midlines is very important requiring facial aesthetic. Midline asymmetries can be seen in form of dental, skeletal and/or soft tissue asymmetries. In most of cases midline asymmetries accompany with facial asymmetries. Even if the amount of patients with midline asymmetry is not known to be aware of their problems, dental midline deviations observing without facial deformity can be noticed by most of patients with the help of their orthodontists. Symmetry of the dental and facial midlines comes at the beginning of the factors affecting treatment planning. For this reason midlines and due to the multifactorial etiology of asymmetries all of the factors that cause asymmetry must be evaluated properly during treatment planning.In this present article, our aim is try to give answers following questions: “Which factors cause midline asymmetries?’’, “Which type of asymmetries can be seen commonly in clinical?’’, “Do the using mechanics affect occlusion?’’,“Is it necessary to correct each type of midline asymmetries?’’, “Is there any mean threshold for esthetically acceptable midline asymmetries?

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Midline , asymmetry

Cumhuriyet Dental Journal

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Cumhuriyet Dental Journal