Alves OW

Language: Spanish
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Currently it represents a significant challenge in orthodontics knowing the influence that treatments have on the quality of life and self-esteem of the patients. Any clinical treatment in orthodontics must have as its purpose to achieve relevant functional and aesthetic benefits for the patient, in addition to possible impacts on the quality of life. It is important to mention that orthodontic treatments have increased due to the frequency in the incidence and prevalence of malocclusions, which currently represents a public health problem. The impact of these malocclusions in the daily life of the patient represents limitations that modify the facial appearance and that may have an influence on the self-esteem of the patient.
Facial appearance plays an important role in the perception of visual appeal and within the social fi eld, infl uences the integration of the person into the environment in which he or she develops. Without doubt, these aspects are related to the increase in orthodontic treatments and aesthetic aspects that have been on the rise thanks to scientifi c and technological developments, various treatment techniques, equipment to perform diagnosis, biomaterials and brackets that allow you to perform personalized treatments for patients, with the possibility of decreasing treatment time.