Establish ing a harmony between the teeth, the musculature,

and the TMjs, is an important aspect of preventing potential

problems. This is a key criterion for success.

If muscular dysfullction is detected before treatment, or if
it arises during treatment, it can normally be managed with
conservative methods of splint therapy, physical therapy,
and
anti-inflammatory regimes. Management of condylar
Advances in diagnostic technology, changing treatment
concepts and philosophies, appliance design innovations
and subsequent exponential growth of practices to
include diverse patient populations have transformed
the face of orthodontics over the past several years.
It was towards the end of the nineteenth century the
great evolutionary process in orthodontics commenced.
A clearer conception of orthodontic problems was
gained principally through the careful application of
fundamental principles by such dedicated workers as
Farrar, Guildford, Jackson, Case and Angle. Angle’s final
achievement, the edgewise appliance, was the culmination
of many years of effort and many different appliance
designs attempting to position the teeth according
to his ‘line of occlusion’. Since the time modern
orthodontics gathered momentum under the leadership of
Edward H Angle more than 100 years back, basic and
clinical research and innovative technology have been
instrumental in getting the orthodontic profession to its
present level.