Healthcare professionals
 
Go!
 
 
Improve your dental health, enhance your facial appearance and even boost your self-esteem!
You have the chance to participate in improving your look. Start your search now...
 


As a dental hygienist, your expertise is important in an orthodontic patient’s treatment. The challenges of keeping the teeth and braces clean take a team effort among the hygienist, the family dentist and the orthodontist. Below is some useful information on orthodontic treatment that may help you in caring for orthodontic patients and their special needs.

Early Check-up Information
Interdisciplinary Care
Orthodontic Dialogue
Orthodontic Glossary
Problems to Watch for in Adults
Problems to Watch for in Seven Year Olds
"The S.W.A.T. Team" - patient education video

Print page Did this page help you? Email to a friend

 
 
©2006 American Association of Orthodontists
401 N.Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63141-7816
Phone: 314.993.1700 | Fax: 314.997.1745 | Contact AAO
Disclaimer Information
Terms of Use