title: Growth maturation aging: how the dental team enhances facial and dental esthetics for a lifetime.
abstract: As the body of research regarding facial esthetics increases, dentists are gaining a deeper understanding of their broadening roles in defining facial characteristics. Dentists are required to advance their repertoire of diagnostic skills in order to meet patients' esthetic needs and demands. The focus has been shifting from treatment plans being based entirely on the occlusal relationships to the balance of the teeth and smile presentation as well as soft-tissue support and facial appearance. This article presents two cases illustrating these principles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Sarver
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000254:growth & development; D008311:Malocclusion, Angle Class I / Q000628:therapy*; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000601:surgery*; D019186:Mandibular Advancement; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D008875:Middle Aged; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D009972:Orthodontics, Interceptive; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures; D012904:Smiling; D055815:Young Adult