[The correction of fanned-out incisors--an important orthodontic contribution to aesthetic dentistry].

Account has to be taken of the increased aesthetic awareness of the adult patient by all sub-specialties of dentistry. Here, orthodontics often plays the role of a central link between periodontics and prosthetics. Taking pathological migration of the incisors as an example, the pathogenesis, therapeutic procedures and orthodontic possibilities for the restoration of normal dentofacial aesthetics are demonstrated and discussed.