The Basis of Orthodontics

Our teeth are not directly bonded to the bone in our jaws there's a ligament that attaches them. The gomphotic joint is a very tight joint so it's not like the joints on my fingers that have a great range of motion. So what orthodontics does is it takes advantage of this system and it puts pressure that's directional, breaking down bone ahead of it and building bone behind it. This is how your orthodontist gets your teeth to move in position and line up. And it's very effective. If you want perfectly straight teeth and you don't want to do anything, orthodontic will achieve it for you. Well but apparently not st