Orthodontics. Provisional restorations and appliances.

Critical to optimal patient care is the proper sequencing of treatment for the integration of multidisciplinary procedures in solution of dental problems. Provisional restorations and appliances play a particularly critical role in management of adult mutilated or periodontally involved dentitions. They also play an important role for young patients with teeth lost through trauma or that are congenitally missing and require orthodontic therapy. Many restorative and periodontal problems cannot be corrected without orthodontic preparation of the dentition. Because orthodontic therapy is used to help create a therapeutic occlusion, this goal of therapy is important to describe.