Who Needs Braces? Socially-Necessary vs. Medically-Necessary Treatment
Category: WELLNESS
Unlike treating a disease with a known cause and having the ability to select a therapy that cures that disease, orthodontics is limited to managing the irregularity of teeth.  In simple terms, we orthodontists are able to straighten your teeth, but we really have little idea how or why they went crooked in the first place.
By Marc Ackerman, Contributor
Director of Orthodontics, Boston Children’s Hospital; Fellow, ..., 2013-12-20