ROLE OF GENES IN ORTHODONTICS

Without this knowledge of gene activity and the relevant cellular signaling pathway, elucidating the mechanism that control development would be impossible. These advances are now influencing dentistry and clinical genetics with almost daily progression in explaining the basis of multitude of congenital malformation, and skeletal and dental abnormalities.It is important that the clinicians attempt to keep abreast of these developments and orthodontists are not immune.