Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: January-March | Volume: 5 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 42-48
The Dilemma in Label of Cause and Effect: Controversies in Etiology of Malocclusion
Shraddha Gupta, Priti Shukla
Senior Resident, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Corresponding Author: Shraddha Gupta
ABSTRACT
‘Orthodontic Controversy’ proves to be different. They are immortal. They may seem like a good idea; however, it remains to be seen whether or not it will serve to bring us any closer to the ideal of “evidence-based” rather than “Opinion based” orthodontics. In the etiology of malocclusion, the age-old controversy is whether tongue thrust causes anterior open bite or the former is the effect of the latter. Similarly, the role of third molar is inconclusive for the lower incisor crowding.
Keywords: Malocclusion, orthodontic controversy, dilemma