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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300185503321

Autore

Harfin Julia F. de

Titolo

Achieving Clinical Success in Lingual Orthodontics / / by Julia Harfin, Augusto Ureña

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-06832-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Disciplina

617.6

Soggetti

Dentistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BIOMECHANICS: Patient Preparation -- Initial arches to align and level the occlusal plane -- Rotated teeth -- Extraction spaces -- Anchorage control -- Rational use of elastics -- Ideal final arches. CLINICAL APPLICATIONS: Correction of the lower anterior crowding -- Correction of Class II in adult patients -- Normalization of the deep-bite -- The best protocol to extraction cases -- Lingual orthodontics in children. FINISHING IN LINGUAL ORTHODONTICS: Finishing procedures: how to enhance esthetics -- Long term  results -- Summary and outlook.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is designed to meet the needs of all orthodontists interested in treating children, adolescents, and/or adults with brackets placed on the palatal and lingual surfaces of the teeth. It explains how to achieve excellent results, comparable to those obtained with labial brackets, by means of techniques performed entirely within the dental office and avoiding use of expensive outside laboratories. The book is divided into three parts. The first is devoted to biomechanics, considering each type of malocclusion and describing how to prepare the arches optimally. This is not a theoretical section; rather it covers aspects acknowledged to be of prime practical importance by students and doctors. The second part explains how to treat the most common malocclusions, with step-by-step descriptions of techniques used in everyday clinical practice. The concluding part of the book describes finishing procedures to enhance aesthetics and discusses long-term results.