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Orthodontics (DR)
PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

General Information

Orthodontics is a branch consisting of many combinations of both clinical and science. Planning and implementation, information technology and practical method are of equal importance.
While planning orthodontic treatment, it is not enough to analyze the current aesthetic and functional characteristics of individuals within the scope of biology and physiology, as well as to eliminate them during the long treatment process, to determine the shortest and most effective biomechanical methods and to ensure their cooperation for these. In the medium and long term, preserving the result obtained, ensuring the continuation of aesthetics and function by making predictions about the individual in the growth, development and even aging process is a very important part of the orthodontic treatment of the plant. All these gains can only be achieved with a long and difficult training, considering the endless possibility of disease.