Full Description
Recognizing and Correcting Developing Malocclusions: A Problem-Oriented Approach to Orthodontics provides an evidence-based approach to early treatment, an often-controversial topic. Based on decades of experience in clinical practice and education, Drs. Araújo and Buschang clearly present treatment protocols for mixed-dentition patients with various malocclusions and other orthodontic problems. Class I, Class II, and Class III malocclusions are covered extensively, along with eruptive deviations and open-bite malocclusions. The literature is comprehensively reviewed to ensure that the reader thoroughly understands the development, phenotypic characteristics and etiology of each type of malocclusion. Taking a problem-oriented approach, the authors provide detailed information for each case, develop comprehensive problem lists, and then provide evidence-based treatment solutions. The clinical focus of the text is ideal suited for private-practice clinician, with numerous references and academic underpinnings to ensure its suitability for orthodontic and pediatric dentistry residents.
Focuses solely on mixed dentition orthodontic treatments
Great variety of case studies—5 to 10 cases per chapter
Each case is presented in the format of a problem list and evidence-based solutions
More than 300 clinical photographs and radiographs
Contents
Contributors vii
Foreword ix
1 A guide for timing orthodontic treatment 1
Eustáquio Araújo and Bernardo Q. Souki
2 Development of the occlusion: what to do and when to do it 8
Bernardo Q. Souki
3 Mixed dentition diagnosis: assessing the degree of severity of a developing malocclusion 22
Eustáquio Araújo
4 The genetics of the dental occlusion andmalocclusion 29
Robyn Silberstein
5 Class I: Recognizing and correcting intra-arch deviations 42
Section I: The development and etiology of a Class I malocclusion 42
Peter H. Buschang
Section II: Intercepting developing Class I problems 54
Eustáquio Araújo
6 Recognizing and correcting Class II malocclusions 90
Section I: The development phenotypic characteristics and etiology of Class II malocclusion 90
Peter H. Buschang
Section II: Class II treatment: Problems and solutions 108
Eustáquio Araújo
7 Recognizing and correcting Class III malocclusions 137
Section I: The development phenotypic characteristics and etiology of Class III malocclusion 137
Peter H. Buschang
Section II: Class III treatment: Problems and solutions 151
Eustáquio Araújo
8 Special topics 189
Section I: Habit control: the role of function in open-bite treatment 189
Ildeu Andrade Jr. and Eustáquio Araújo
Section II: Eruption deviations 200
Bernardo Q. Souki and Eustáquio Araújo
Section III: Strategies for managing missing second premolar teeth in the young patient 211
David B. Kennedy
Section IV: Principles and techniques of premolar autotransplantation 227
Ewa Monika Czochrowska and Paweł Plakwicz
Section V: Mixed dentition orthodontic mechanics 235
Gerald S. Samson
Index 247
