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Prof. Dr. Nalbantgil received her DDS from the Ege University (Izmir, Turkey) in 1995 and continued her postgraduate orthodontic training and got Masters Degree in orthodontics at Yeditepe University (Istanbul, Turkey). She continued her academic carrier and became a Professor at the same university in the Department of Orthodontics. She held positions as member of the Dental Faculty Administrative Board, Head of Department of Orthodontics, Vice Director of Institute of Health Sciences at the Yeditepe University and Assistant Editorship at the Turkish Journal of Orthodontics.
She has many publications and gave lectures in both national and international conferences, and had supervised many theses in the field of orthodontics. Her areas of interest include adult orthodontics, interdisciplinary treatment protocols, treatment with aligners, lingual treatment, and orthognathic surgery. Since 2021, she has been practicing her profession at her private clinic.
Smile Design: The Role and Limits of Orthodontic Treatment in The Interdisciplinary Team
Smile architect of 'micro-mini-macro aesthetics'
Nowadays there has been a paradigm in dentistry, 'smile design'. The patients do not seek just healthy and proper aligned teeth, but beautiful custom-made smiles. Consequently, to keep up with this change, the conventional concept of orthodontic therapy that has been mainly based on the ideal occlusion and cephalometric values has been modified to a new concept based essentially on soft tissues and aesthetics. In this concept by combining orthodontics with other dental disciplines, the treatment planning is not limited to the teeth but the balance and the proportions among the entire facial structures. This interdisciplinary approach provides the synergism of each discipline's specialized field into a comprehensive therapy that ensures optimal patient care. The compounding effect of the successive therapies lets each provider build upon and enhance the previous provider's results.
In this lecture many complex cases will be presented that have been treated with the 'micro-mini-macro aesthetics' approach by the interdisciplinary team.
Learning Objectives
Understanding the orthodontic goals and tooth movements that can be achieved to obtain the ideal smile that ultimately leads to the optimum aesthetic outcomes.
Demonstrate how to identify and incorporate specific smile design principles into the diagnostic and treatment phases of smile design cases that require interdisciplinary approach.
Understanding that the interdisciplinary treatment should aim to include dental and facial aesthetics, periodontal health, stable condyle–fossa relationship, optimum functional occlusion, a stable result, and satisfaction of the patient's chief complaint.