Accelerated Orthodontics

Attempts to modify bone growth, both in terms of amount and direction have been made since antiquity. Initially, orthodontists generally limited their mission to simply move the teeth, allowing the alveolar bone to remodel naturally, ignoring the alveolar topography. Limitations in traditional orthodontic techniques and the duration of therapy often create barriers to the patient¿s willingness to accept orthodontic therapy. Currently, fixed orthodontic treatment requires a long duration of about 2¿3 years, which is a great concern and poses high risks of caries, external root resorption, and decreased patient compliance. Thus, accelerating orthodontic tooth movement and the resulting shortening of the treatment duration would be quite beneficial. Incorporating AO into practice requires changing treatment planning and practice management systems. Thus keeping this in mind, this dissertation is done to give readers comprehensive knowledge about tooth movement and ways to accelerate it at biological and molecular level.