When you want to have orthodontic treatment for crooked teeth or buck teeth, how do you choose an orthodontist? What kind of orthodontist is a “reliable” orthodontist? Here, to give you a tip, to teach you how to choose an orthodontist, “to save the truth”. First of all, we have to start with the development of orthodontic technology in China. China’s orthodontic technology was introduced from abroad in the 1980s, from the very beginning of the initial stage to the current technology is constantly updated, the development is very rapid. As you can imagine, such a development rate, the faculty is far from enough. In addition, the course of orthodontic treatment is much longer than the general oral treatment, so the dental undergraduate students have only been exposed to a little orthodontic theoretical knowledge, can not enter the orthodontic clinical practice. Orthodontics has always been a continuing education program after graduation, which means you must be after graduation to study orthodontic clinical. At this time there are generally three ways: First, the examination. The most formal way is to take the orthodontic professional postgraduate, that is, the orthodontic specialist from the class, they go through systematic study and clinical training, orthodontic foundation is usually better. Although now the expansion of the recruitment, but compared with other professional postgraduate dental, orthodontic postgraduate is still on the less. Second, further training. Some doctors will choose to go to the hospital with higher level of professional technology for more than one year of further study, which can also learn a more solid orthodontic foundation. Third, study classes. The industry often has a certain technology of short-term study classes, this kind of study classes in fact mainly for doctors who already have a certain orthodontic foundation for self-improvement, not suitable for completely no foundation of orthodontic white. Of course, it does not mean that the doctors who do not come from the class are not doing well, there are some doctors who do not come from the class, just study for a longer period of time, is really talented and perceptive, clinical cases also do well. A doctor orthodontist to do well, on the one hand is the professional basis, on the one hand is the perception, and the dexterity of the hands. However, if we look at the current situation in the country and the world, the majority of orthodontists who do the best job are from the medical class, and the overall quality of the medical class (from diagnosis, treatment level to clinical effectiveness) is much higher than the doctors of advanced studies, there is no doubt about it. To give you these instructions, in order to let you understand that not all doctors doing orthodontics are of the same level, orthodontics is not just a simple matter of gluing aligners to the teeth. At present, there are many orthodontic practitioners in China, but only a very small part of them are really qualified to practice orthodontics, and the situation is confusing. In the past, the people generally have a misconception that dentistry is a specialty, an oral surgeon can cure all dental problems. In fact, dentistry includes oral medicine, oral surgery, restorative dentistry, orthodontics, oral implants and other specialties. And we do not understand the classification, so please, when you choose a doctor, you may want to ask around, including the doctor’s academic background, medical reputation, do not just look at the publicity, do not just look at the doctor’s title, the title of the domestic medical system, most of the assessment is based on a field of scientific research results rather than clinical level. In addition, there are many dental specialists, he may be a general practitioner of dentistry, or he is (oral medicine) fillings, (oral surgery) extraction, (restorative dentistry) veneers of experts, but he and orthodontics (orthodontics) is completely unrelated, if you find him orthodontics, it is likely to find a “layman”. When choosing a doctor, there are two other important points, one is to look at his treatment plan, may be more than a few doctors to see who is more reasonable, more you consider. Second, if possible, observe his end cases, pre-operative, post-operative comparison, a clear picture. In my opinion, orthodontics still belongs to the handy doctor to do a good job, because orthodontics should consider not only the teeth, but also the bones, muscles, joints, nose, throat, trachea, etc., the knowledge should be wide. Sometimes the teeth are straightened but the face becomes ugly, which is not something we like to see. I am still a young orthodontist, and I am constantly improving and progressing. My previous patients were also unsatisfied with the work done, because orthodontics is a discipline that is constantly progressing, and the technology is updated very quickly. Orthodontic treatment is highly technical, long and risky, and the cost of orthodontics is also relatively high. The course of orthodontic treatment varies depending on the severity of the misalignment, generally one and a half to two years, and longer for special or difficult cases, with monthly follow-up visits. Orthodontic treatment is not only about aligning the teeth, but also about establishing a good bite relationship between the upper and lower jaws, ensuring that the midline of the upper and lower jaws is in harmony with the midline of the face, and paying close attention to the change in facial shape. Therefore, in addition to developing an orthodontic treatment plan, the doctor will observe and think about each follow-up visit, and treat each patient accordingly until the end of the orthodontic treatment. I have received patients from outside the clinic who asked to continue treatment with me, which is often very embarrassing, sometimes the wrong teeth are extracted, sometimes the aligners are glued in the wrong position and have to be removed and re-glued with a new set of aligners. This undoubtedly increases the cost for the patient and the difficulty for the doctor to operate. Therefore, I hope that you can find a “reliable” orthodontist, so that your teeth will benefit for life.