Chances and opportunities of lingual orthodontics in the era of aggressively marketed aligners – Excellence and evidence in care

This review article discusses the current state of lingual orthodontics in the context of an increasingly superficial general perception of treatment outcome quality in orthodontics. Recent technological advances in bracket and archwire manufacturing, as well as in the processing of modern SE-NiTi-alloys, have contributed to defining a new “state of the art” in the lingual technique. Furthermore, the paper emphasizes the need for a more precise definition of key tooth movements within the orthodontic nomenclature, in order to enable especially younger colleagues to better assess the quality of contemporary orthodontic publications.