The Adult Orthodontic Patient: More Options than Ever Before!

More and more adults are now presenting for orthodontic treatment. They don’t only present with malocclusions of varying severity but also additional restorative and periodontal needs requiring well coordinated interdisciplinary care. In addition, today’s adult patients also present with a demand for more aesthetic and less visible orthodontic appliances. This paper discusses the important considerations in managing adult orthodontic patients. It also highlights recent technological advances that enable us to better plan the management of adult patients as well as the available aesthetic treatment options and their strengths and weaknesses. *Corresponding author: Nour Eldin Tarraf, PhD Candidate, Department of Orthodontics, University of Sydney, BDS (Hons), MDSc(Hons), MOrthRCSEd, MRACDS (Ortho), Private Practice, Chatswood, NSW, Australia, Tel: 02 9411 3836; E-mail: [email protected] Received October 28, 2014; Accepted January 11, 2015; Published January 16, 2015 Citation: Tarraf NE (2015) The Adult Orthodontic Patient: More Options than Ever Before!. Dentistry 5: 278. doi:10.4172/2161-1122.1000278 Copyright: © 2015 Tarraf NE. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.