Careful diagnosis and treatment planning on a multidisciplinary basis is required to treat adult patients. In truth, the adult, unlike the child, is a relentless patient who will not cover up deficiencies in the skill of diagnosis or errors in the overall treatment. He presents with no growth, little rebound and meager accommodation to mechanics. Maxillary midline diastema is one of the most frequently encountered esthetic problems in mixed and permanent dentition. Several causes have been attributed to the midline diastema, including developmental, pathologic or iatrogenic. It can also be seen as a transient malocclusion in which case any intervention is contraindicated.The following case report presents treatment an adult male patient having a midline diastema and a spaced upper and lower anterior dentition using conventional straight wire orthodontic technique followed by frenectomy and closure of spaces.