Aetiology of a diagnosis: the key to success in treatment planning.

Aetiology is the cause of a diagnosis. The essential key for the determination ofaetiology is a thorough examination: the history of the problems, the crucial elements in function, and habits. Our case report involves progression of a malocclusion and aggravation of the gum recessions which resolved following root planing and fixed orthodontic correction for the underlying cause, malocclusion, without any gum graft procedures.