Shah Anwar A, Sandler Jonathan
Department of Oral Health and Development, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield.
Dent Update. 2006 Mar;33(2):100-2, 105-6, 108-10. doi: 10.12968/denu.2006.33.2.100.
Owing to a shortage in the orthodontic workforce in the United Kingdom, general dental practitioners carry out orthodontic treatment in selected cases. Orthodontic treatment may not always be successful due to various factors. Some of these limiting factors are related to the practitioner, others to the patients and the orthodontic appliances used. These three sets of factors were covered in the first part of this article. This second part deals with the biologic limitations of orthodontic treatment.
General dental practitioners and novice orthodontic practitioners may get into difficulties by embarking upon an orthodontic treatment which may not be feasible due to various limitations imposed by the underlying biology. This article provides a brief outline of these limitations.
由于英国正畸专业人员短缺，普通牙科医生在某些特定病例中开展正畸治疗。由于各种因素，正畸治疗并非总能成功。其中一些限制因素与从业者有关，另一些与患者及所使用的正畸矫治器有关。本文第一部分涵盖了这三组因素。第二部分探讨正畸治疗的生物学限制。
普通牙科医生和正畸新手医生在开展正畸治疗时可能会遇到困难，因为潜在生物学因素带来的各种限制可能使治疗不可行。本文简要概述了这些限制因素。
