Overview
Popular with students, lecturers, and practitioners, An Introduction to Orthodontics, Fourth Edition is a perfect starting point for anyone unfamiliar with the theoretical and practical aspects of orthodontics. An Introduction to Orthodontics is an established reference text, and now with the addition of several new features it is an ideal revision tool.
This textbook is highly illustrated throughout, including over 700 diagrams, clinical photographs and illustrated case studies that show the long-term planning and progress of orthodontic treatment. Each chapter is enhanced by learning objectives, key points boxes, annotated references, and directions to relevant Cochrane reviews. The text has a user-friendly design to ensure that content is clear and accessible for deep study or quick reference.
Thoroughly updated and now in its fourth edition, An iIntroduction to Orthodontics maintains its position as the essential reference and revision text in the field.
The book contains predominantly color illustrations, with some black-and-white illustrations.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780199594719
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 3/1/2013
Edition description: New Edition
Edition number: 4
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 8.60 (w) x 10.80 (h) x 0.60 (d)
About The Author
Laura Mitchell MBE MDS BDS FDSRCPS (Glasg) FDCRCS (Eng) FGDP (UK) DOrthRCS (Eng) MOrthRCS (Eng) qualified as BDS in 1981. She is the co-author of the popular Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry, now in its fifth edition. Laura was elected to the Board of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England for a second term in 2009 and has had a number of leadership positions including Vice Dean. She is currently a member of the Faculty's Executive Committee and Chair of the IT Committee. Previously, she served on the Dental Council of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. She has led the development of a number of postgraduate examinations and recently stepped down as Chair of the Intercollegiate Speciality Fellowship Examination in Orthodontics. She has played a prominent role in the development of Orthodontic Therapists. In 2010 she was awarded an MBE for services to healthcare.
Table of Contents
1. The rationale for orthodontic treatment
2. The aetiology and classification of malocclusion
3. Management of the developing dentation
4. Craniofacial growth, the cellular basis of tooth movement and anchorage, Z. L. Nelson-Moon
5. Orthodontic assessment, S. J. Littlewood
6. Cephalometrics
7. Treatment planning, S. J. Littlewood
8. Class I
9. Class II division 1
10. Class II division 2
11. Class III
12. Anterior open bite and posterior open bite
13. Crossbites
14. Canines
15. Planning anchorage, F. Dyer
16. Retention, S. J. Littlewood
17. Removable appliances
18. Fixed appliances
19. Functional appliances, S. J. Littlewood
20. Adult orthodontics, S. J. Littlewood
21. Orthodontics and orthognathic surgery, S. J. Littlewood
22. Cleft lip and palate and other craniofacial anomalies
23. Orthodontic first aid
