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Welcome to the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. Orthodontics includes study of growth and development of jaws and face particularly and body generally as influencing the position of teeth;
study of action and reaction of internal and external influences on the development; prevention and correction of arrested and perverted development. It is that area of Dentistry concerned with supervision, guidance and correction of growing and mature dento-facial structures including those conditions require movement of teeth or correction of malrelation and malformation of related structures. Considering that the patients with dentofacial deformities constitute a major portion of the population and with the demand for treatment for both children and adults, presently we have a shortage of orthodontists in the country, it is imperative to train more orthodontists to address the orthodontic health care needs of the community.
The social and psychological aspect of physical attractiveness, which is hampered by malocclusion and jaw discrepancies, is a known fact and psychological well-being is an intangible benefit to the society. The role of orthodontic treatment is analogous to that of several other medical specialties such as plastic surgery and orthopedics, in which patients’ problem often does not result from disease but from distortion of development. Therefore, orthodontic treatment for these people is essential, and it is shown that such treatment improves the quality of life.
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