Orthodontics: Current Principles and Techniques 4th Edition

The world’s bestselling orthodontics reference, Graber’s Orthodontics, offers all the essentials of orthodontic care — from diagnosis to treatment. This edition includes the latest evidence-based research and concepts of today’s orthodontics, covering treatment methods ranging from basic to highly complex situations. Written by a team of world-renowned authors, this book offers practical information that you can use every day.

• Comprehensive coverage of multiple appliances and materials in orthodontics today ensures that the readers learn everything they need to know for their own practice.
• World-renowned orthodontic researcher, academic, and practitioner contributions add credibility and expertise to each chapter of the text, making it an authoritative resource.
• Extensive references allow readers to delve further into orthodontic research or study topics related to the evidence-based research presented in each chapter.
• Tables and boxes throughout the text offer streamlined information from the text and elaborate on the concepts illustrated in the figures.
• The extensive collection of illustrations and clinical photographs demonstrate case studies and treatment options in detail, offering visual evidence of orthodontic techniques, problems, and solutions.

• New case studies complement most chapters and demonstrate the most current techniques being utilized in the field today.
• New information on the orthodontist’s function on a craniofacial team offers discussion of the orthodontist’s role in a larger process; this content comes from new author Dr. Katherine W.L. Vig, an expert on craniofacial teams.
• Section on genetics promotes understanding of how genetic factors, in concert with environmental factors, influence the development of malocclusion.
• Chapter on cranial morphology adds another important concept that orthodontists must take into consideration when planning treatments.
• Indirect bonding content explains the system that has been developed, discusses its advantages, and presents step-by-step instructions on how to understand and utilize the process and materials.
• Coverage of fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) applications provides the reader with knowledge of this important topic.
• Chapter on SPEED appliance and philosophy presents a comprehensive discussion of self-ligating brackets and informs readers how the appliance transcends limitations and provides efficiency and precision tooth positioning.
• Distraction osteogenesis information clarifies the use of this method to minimize or avoid potential complications with proper preoperative planning and execution.
• Material on retention appliances is expanded, allowing readers the opportunity to learn more about the process of determining patient suitability for them.
• The brand new full-color design and the addition of full-color
• Chapter on In-Ovation Brackets updates information on fully adjusted appliances with specific evaluation of the appliance’s advantages and an exemplary case study.