Orthodontics in the Year 2047: Genetically Driven Treatment Plans

The past 40 years have seen rapid biomedical advances leading to treatment modalities that could not have been predicted decades ago. Clinically relevant discoveries in orthodontics during that period have occurred mainly in materials science and appliance design. Although progress in those fields will continue to affect the orthodontic profession, advances in genetic testing, gene therapy, pharmacogenomics, mechanogenomics, and stem cell therapy are likely to produce the most dr...