title: Treatment planning in orthodontics and orthognathic surgery: the significance of tooth inclination and dental compensations.
abstract: The scope of orthodontic treatment is examined and the importance of the initial tooth inclinations and skeletal base relationships is explained. Dental compensations which occur in all three planes of space are discussed. Special attention is given to the importance of dental compensations in the antero-posterior plane in orthognathic surgery treatment planning. There is a necessity for early definitive decision-making in the borderline orthognathic surgery patient and the role of orthodontic camouflage is pointed out. Case selection for treatment with removable appliances is explored.
authors.affiliation: Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D014070:Tooth / Q000473:pathology*