| The tendency of some orthodontists to identify themselves with the appliance system or cult of treatment as some have termed them, exerts a frightening influence on orthodontic progress. Such a cancerous spread among the orthodontists not only diminishes the professional status but also interferes with his/her service to patients. | | The "Biblical approach" in orthodontic practice must give way to the scientific approach, if orthodontics is to reach great heights in both theory and practice. The search for the panacea of orthodontic problems is bound to lead to disappointment as long as we treat human beings similarly, as each individual is different from another. | | Prof. Dr. K. Sadashiva Shetty B.D.S, M.D.S | | Systems and cults are traditional in orthodontics. Angle who was the forerunner of the appliance system was also the forerunner of the biblical approach. Angle and his disciples condemned many who refused to follow him blindly.Of those dissidents who had the courage of their own conviction went on to make their own mark in orthodontics, many were in turn eventually honored and held in high esteem. | | Systems and cults are traditional in orthodontics. Angle who was the forerunner of the appliance system was also the forerunner of the biblical approach. Angle and his disciples condemned many who refused to follow him blindly.Of those dissidents who had the courage of their own conviction went on to make their own mark in orthodontics, many were in turn eventually honored and held in high esteem.
| | Our concern is over their fact that too often, many orthodontists readily accept few methods as sheer faith, rather than conviction based on clinical acumen and independent judgment.An orthodontist being a part of the medical health profession must have an alert, inquisitive and curious mind for he cannot afford to have some one else do the thinking for him. He must find his own path... | | | | | | | | | | |
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