Accelerators of orthodontic tooth movement: a boon - review article

In today’s world, shorter treatment duration with con¬sequent lower costs are important to all patients, particularly to adults who have been increasingly seek¬ing treatment. It is challenging to reduce the duration of orthodontic treatments and it is one of the common deterents that an orthodontist faces. A number of attempts have been made to create different approaches both preclinically and clinically in order to achieve quicker results which can be categorized as Biological, Physical and Surgical. The surgical approach is the most frequently used clinically and most tested with known predictions and stable results. However, it is invasive, aggressive and costly. Piezocision technique is one of the newest techniques and has good clinical outcome and is considered the least invasive in the surgical approach. This article reviews different methods of accelerating Orthodontic tooth movement.