Dental caries is the most widespread oral disease in the world. It is as ancient as mankind and has longest association with dental profession. The prevalence of dental caries has been of great concern for long and is a principal subject of many epidemiological researches carried out in India and abroad. The prevalence pattern of dental caries varies not only with age, sex, socio economic status, race, geographical location, food habits and oral hygiene practices but also within the oral cavity. However, it is still a major oral health concern in developing countries due to lack of dental...

The interceptive and preventive orthodontic procedures enable the clinician to treat and make a developing malocclusion less severe so a to allow the corrective orthodontist to deliver a stable and more conservative treatment plan benefitting the patient. The chief benefits of early treatment procedures are, to guide growth to a more favorable direction, to reduce chances of extraction and surgery, reduce phase II treatment time length and most importantly improves the esthetics of the patient.

Les procédures orthodontiques interceptives et préventives permettent au clinicien de traiter et de rendre moins sévère une malocclusion en cours de développement afin de permettre à l'orthodontiste correcteur de fournir un plan de traitement stable et plus conservateur au bénéfice du patient. Les principaux avantages des procédures de traitement précoce sont de guider la croissance dans une direction plus favorable, de réduire les risques d'extraction et de chirurgie, de réduire la durée de la phase II du traitement et, surtout, d'améliorer l'esthétique du patient.