Orthodontics : Principles and Practice

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811472103321
• Autore: Gill Daljit S
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011
• ISBN: 1-118-78504-5; 1-283-25846-3; 9786613258465; 1-4443-4609-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Collana: Dental update Orthodontics
• Altri autori (Persone): NainiFarhad B
• Disciplina: 617.6/43; 617.643
• Soggetti: Orthodontic Appliances; Orthodontics; Orthodontics - methods; Orthodontics -- methods; Tooth Diseases; Specialties, Dental; Dentistry; Investigative Techniques; Stomatognathic Diseases; Diseases; Health Occupations; Methods; Health & Biological Sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Orthodontics: Principles and Practice; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1: Growth and Development; 1: An introduction to human craniofacial growth and development; 2: Development of the dentition; 2: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning; 3: Aetiology of malocclusion; 4: Patient assessment; 5: Facial aesthetics: historical and theoretical considerations; 6: Smile analysis; 7: The psychology of facial ; appearance; 8: Orthodontic records; 9: Cephalometric analysis; 10: Space planning for the dentition (space analysis); 11: The index of orthodontic treatment need; 12: Principles of orthodontic treatment planning13: Orthodontically related root resorption; 14: The dento-legal and ethical aspects of orthodontic treatment; 3: The Management of Malocclusion; 15: Class I malocclusion; 16: Class II division 1 malocclusion; 17: Class II division 2 malocclusion; 18: Class III malocclusion; 19: Facial asymmetry; 20: Interceptive orthodontics; 21: Impacted teeth and their orthodontic management; 22: Anterior open bite malocclusion; 23: Deep overbite malocclusion; 24: Hypodontia; 25: Orthognathic management; 26: The multidisciplinary management of cleft lip and palate deformity27: The multidisciplinary management of obstructive sleep apnoea; 4: Appliance Techniques; 28: Biological responses during orthodontic tooth movement; 29: Orthodontic anchorage; 30: Orthodontic bone anchorage; 31: The straight wire appliance; 32: Self-ligating brackets; 33: The Tip-Edge appliance; 34: Clear aligners; 35: Functional appliances; 36: Lingual appliance techniques; 37: Stability and retention; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This latest addition to the Dental Update books series provides a clear and thorough guide to contemporary orthodontic principles and practice. Written as a highly practical clinical manual, it covers patient assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning of both standard class malocclusions and specific entities such as impacted teeth, digit sucking habits and asymmetries, as well as appliance techniques, complex and multidisciplinary care, and retention. Orthodontics: Principles and Practice is written by a range of international specialists in the field. It is an essential guide to the