Essentials of orthodontics : diagnosis and treatment /

• Main Author: Staley, Robert N.
• Other Authors: Reske, Neil T.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Subjects: Orthodontics.; Orthodontics > methods.; Malocclusion > diagnosis.; Malocclusion > therapy.; Orthodontic Appliances.

Essentials of Orthodontics: Diagnosis and Treatment is designed to help dental students, orthodontic residents, and general dentists understand the basic concepts and procedures essential to the diagnosis, planning, and treatment of patients who have relatively simple malocclusion problems. The auth...

Table of Contents:

• Orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning
• Dental impressions and study cast trimming
• Dental cast analysis in adults
• Dental cast analysis in the mixed dentition
• Radiographic analysis
• Lingual and palatal arches
• Incisor liability and leeway space
• Management of anterior cross bites
• Management of posterior cross bites
• Management of incisor diastemas
• Molar up-righting and space regaining
• Orthodontic examination and decision making for the family dentist
• How orthodontic appliances move teeth
• The edgewise fixed appliance
• Retention appliances
• Orthodontic materials.
• Introduction
• 1. : Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
• 2. : Dental Impressions and Study Cast Trimming
• 3. : Dental Cast Analysis in Adults
• 4. : Dental Cast Analysis in the Mixed Dentition
• 5. : Radiographic Analysis
• 6. : Lingual and Palatal Arches
• 7. : Management of Anterior Crossbites
• 8. : Management of Posterior Crossbites
• 9. : Management of Incisor Diastemas
• 10. : Molar Uprighting and Space Regaining
• 11. : Orthodontic Examination and Decision Making for the Family Dentist
• 12. : How Orthodontic Appliances Move Teeth
• 13. : The Edgewise Fixed Appliance
• 14. : Retention Appliances
• 15. : Orthodontic Materials.