English abstract

In this article we present the concept of bioesthetics as a tool to help ortho- dontists achieve their final treatment goals: facial esthetics, dental esthetics,functional occlusion, periodontal health, and long-term stability. These goals cannot always be met with orthodontic treatment alone, but with the help of bioesthetics we can now treat patients who have significant dental wear, slight skeletal discrepancies, and centric relation-centric occlusion discrepancies and still meet all our initial treatment objectives. We will present five clinical casesthat illustrate the principles of bioesthetics; in all of the cases we begin by do- ing preprosthetic orthodontics and finish with bioesthetics.