Contemporary Orthodontics e-dition: Text with Continually Updated Online Reference

Now it's easier than ever to stay on the leading edge of orthodontics with this acclaimed text. Keep a reference copy at your desk and go online from any computer to instantly search the entire contents whenever and wherever you need authoritative guidance. The e-dition gives you continually updated information on diagnosis, treatment planning, technologies, controversies, and more.

• An introductory chapter on the state of malocclusion and dentofacial deformity in society today paves the way for the basic concepts of orthodontics and dentition problems during different stages of development.
• Several chapters provide detailed information on diagnosis, treatment planning concepts and related problems or controversies.
• Covers related interdisciplinary treatment approaches, when appropriate, to elucidate the orthodontist's potential role in an overall team treatment environment.

• Instant access to all of the book's topics.
• Frequent updates of content prepared by the authors.
• Links to the text's references and to professional websites.
• An electronic image collection that you can download for review of key principles and presentations to colleagues or students. The book's 4th edition includes:
• A NEW full-color design with over 1,400 new color clinical photographs and illustrations.
• Application of the "soft tissue paradigm" to modern orthodontic practice.
• Critical evaluation of controversies in treatment approaches and treatment timing.
• NEW information on the use of cone beam CT for 3-dimensional evaluation of dental and facial dimensions and relationships, and 3-D superimpositions to evaluate treatment response.
• Problem-oriented treatment planning, with use of digital technology.
• Updated content on biomechanics and modern orthodontic appliance systems.
• NEW skeletal anchorage techniques using bone anchors and mini screws.
• Chapters on adult treatment featuring the sequencing of multidisciplinary treatment, application of skeletal anchorage, the new approach to lingual orthodontics, and surgical vs. orthodontic treatment options.