Main description:

The third edition is a comprehensive, updated and rejuvenated version with a greater focus on postgraduate students and clinical practitioners. The book covers the entire panorama of science and clinical practice of orthodontics, compiled in 80 chapters and further organised into 18 sections.

The content is extensive, in-depth and supported with updated references. The book is a complete resource for orthodontic educators to derive lectures. The clinical chapters are complemented with real-life scenarios and representative case reports. A special effort has been made to include structured information on the subjects of clinical and academic relevance, which are often discussed but found only in journals.

Encompasses a wide range of topics covering the entire curricular needs of a postgraduate student in orthodontics and a practitioner
Each section is a book by itself and is designed in a manner that allows the student to progressively attain knowledge and clinical training in orthodontics in a stepwise manner
Each chapter offers an easy-to-follow outline and a smooth flow in text with subheadings, further supported by boxes and flowcharts to enhance comprehension
Provides a detailed approach to orthodontic treatment with contemporary methods and techniques
The clinical case scenarios are a significant strength and constitute the practical aspects for an orthodontic practitioner to correlate
The book includes updated chapters on Temporary Anchorage Devices (TAD), Impacted and Transposed Teeth, Inter-disciplinary Treatment, Management of Cleft Lip and Palate and Orthognathic surgery
Emerging fields such as Clear aligners, Surgically facilitated rapid tooth movement, Distraction Osteogenesis and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) are included with updated and clinically relevant information

Historical aspects of orthodontics and Development of teeth, dentition and occlusion

A whole new section on emerging 3D Digital technologies and their application

Orthodontic instruments, armamentarium and operatory design
Comprehensive chapters on Tweed philosophy, contemporary pre-adjusted appliance and self-ligation system
Evidence-based Orthodontics

Autotransplantation of teeth
A section on the asymmetry of occlusion and face

Additional Features

Complimentary access to full e-book
Eight online chapters
Twelve videos
Exhaustive list of references

Contents:

Section I: Historical aspects of orthodontics: ancient, yesteryears, yesterdays, today and tomorrow

1.1. History of dentistry and significant events that revolutionised dentistry

1.2. History of orthodontics

1.3. History of orthodontic speciality in India

Section II: Fundamentals of orthodontics

2. Adverse consequences of malocclusion and benefits of orthodontic treatment

3. Epidemiology of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment needs

4. Classification and methods of recording malocclusion

5. Recording the severity of malocclusion: orthodontic indices

6. Psychological implications of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment

Section III: Growth of face and craniofacial complex

7. Development of teeth, dentition and occlusion (e-only)

8. Prenatal development of the foetus concerning the craniofacial region (e-only)

9. Concepts of growth and development

10. Postnatal growth of face and craniofacial region

11. Functions of stomatognathic system and their implications on occlusion

Section IV: Orthodontic diagnosis

12. Clinical evaluation

13. Diagnostic records and their evaluation

14. Practical clinical photography

Section V: Radiation and non-radiation

imaging in orthodontics

15. Cephalometrics: historical perspectives, methods and landmarks

16. Downs' analysis

17. Tweed's analysis

18. Steiner's analysis

19. Ricketts' 12-factor analysis

20. Vertical linear dimensions of face and Sassouni's analysis

21. Cephalometric analysis of the soft tissue of the face

22. Posteroanterior cephalometric analysis

23. Interpretation and clinical applications of cephalometric data in diagnosis, treatment planning and prognosis

24. Lateral, PA and 3D Cephalometric superimposition

25. Errors in cephalometrics

Section VI: Digital orthodontics

26. Digital and computerised cephalometrics

27. 3D data acquisition and orthodontic triad

28. 3D digital models

29. Three-dimensional imaging in orthodontics

30. Three-dimensional cephalometry

31. 3D volumetric analysis, and clinical implications of the upper airway and sinuses (e-only)

Section VII: Removable orthodontic appliances

32. Role of removable appliances in contemporary orthodontics

33. Invisible removable appliances: The Clear Aligners

Section VIII: Orthodontic armamentarium

34. Concept of orthodontic operatory design (e-only)

35. Instruments and equipment in orthodontic use (e-only)

36. Components of fixed orthodontic appliance

37. Orthodontic archwires: material and their properties

38. Rubber and synthetic elastic accessories

39. Bonding orthodontic appliances

Section IX: Contemporary orthodontic treatment

40. The biological basis for orthodontic tooth movement

41. Principles of biomechanics and appliance design

42. Preservation of normal occlusion and interception of malocclusion during early mixed dentition

43. Orthodontic treatment with contemporary fixed appliance Phase I: laying the foundation

44. Anchorage in orthodontic practice

45. Tweed philosophy, biomechanics and principles of treatment

46. Orthodontic treatment with contemporary

fixed appliance Phase II: major tooth movements

47. The pre-adjusted edgewise appliance

48. Orthodontic treatment with self-ligating bracket systems

Section X: Non-extraction treatment

49.1. Non-extraction treatment with maxillary expansion and interproximal reduction

49.2. Non-extraction treatment with non-compliance molar distalisation

Section XI: Class II malocclusion

50. Class II division 1 malocclusion: features and early intervention of growing maxillary excess

51. Evolution of functional appliances and treatment with one piece removable appliances

52. Treatment approaches with twin block appliance

53. Interception and treatment of mandibular

retrusion with non-compliant fixed functional appliances

54. Mode of action of functional appliances

55. Dentofacial orthopaedics for class II malocclusion with vertical maxillary excess

56. Management of class II malocclusion with fixed appliance

57. Class II division 2 malocclusion

Section XII: Class III malocclusion

58. Class III malocclusion in growing children

59. Orthodontic treatment of borderline class III malocclusion

Section XIII : Newer trends in orthodontics

60. Temporary anchorage devices

61. Surgically facilitated rapid tooth movement (SF-RTM)

62. Orthodontic considerations of inter-disciplinary treatment

63. Evidence-based orthodontics (e-only)

Section XIV: Impactions and transpositions

64. Orthodontic aspects of impacted anterior teeth

65. Transposition of teeth

66. Auto-transplantation of teeth in orthodontic practice (e-only)

Section XV: Surgical aspects of orthodontic treatment

67. Ortho-surgical management of skeletal malocclusions

68. Maxillomandibular distraction osteogenesis for orthodontist

Section XVI: Treatment of complex malocclusions

69. Malocclusion and asymmetries of the face

70. Dental midline deviations

71. Asymmetry of occlusion

72. Cant of occlusal plane in transverse direction

73. Asymmetries of the face (e-only)

74. Temporomandibular disorders and orthodontics

Section XVII: Expanding role of orthodontist and inter-disciplinary care

75. Inter-disciplinary management of cleft lip and palate

76. Orthodontist's roles in upper airway sleep disorders

Section XVIII: Steps in conclusion of orthodontic therapy

77. Orthodontic treatment with contemporary

fixed appliance Phase III: finishing and detailing

78. Deband, debracketing and delivery of retention appliance

79. Post-orthodontic care and management of white spot lesions

80. Maintenance of the outcome results, retention and relapse