Friedy Luther, Zararna Nelson-Moon

Orthodontic Retainers and Removable Appliances

Principles of Design and Use

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Orthodontic Retainers and Removable Appliances - Principles of Design and Use is a unique practical guide for dental students, general dental practitioners, orthodontic students, therapists and others who have an interest in knowing how to design, fit, adjust and maintain retainers (both fixed and removable) and removable orthodontic appliances.

The book offers step-by-step instructions alongside clear illustrations within the key areas of clinical orthodontic practice. In each case, information is provided on indications for use, principles of design, fitting, activation and trouble shooting.

Further chapters coach the clinician on dealing with various frequently occurring situations and provide tips on effective patient management. Topics covered include: things to check at the chair side; follow up appointments - what to check and why; the importance of knowing when and how to refer.

KEY FEATURES
Highly illustrated in full colour throughout
Case examples
Self-assessment section
Step-by-step instruction

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 187mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9781444330083
• ISBN-10: 144433008X
• Artikelnr.: 36519449

Autorenporträt

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Friedy Luther was formerly Academic Head of Orthodontics at the Leeds Dental Institute and is currently Consultant Orthodontist at the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital in Sheffield. She has always had a strong interest in both teaching and research, publishing widely in the scientific literature, and was formerly Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Orthodontics. She has always enjoyed teaching, has over 20 years of experience of teaching, training and examining undergraduate and postgraduate orthodontic students, and has regularly created or contributed to a variety of learning resources. Zararna Nelson-Moon is Consultant Orthodontist at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and is currently involved in the training of orthodontic therapists and specialist trainees up to consultant level. She was previously Consultant Orthodontist and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Leeds Dental Institute where she was the Undergraduate Course Leader for Orthodontics. Her interests include interceptive orthodontics and ensuring appropriate standards of dental education.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii Acknowledgements ix Abbreviations xi 1 Assumptions: What You
Should Know and Understand Before You Use this Book 1 2 Upper Removable
Appliances: Indications and Principles of Design 3 3 Cases Suitable for
Treatment with Removable Appliances 20 4 Fitting and Activating Removable
Appliances 40 5 Follow-up Appointments: What to Check and Why 60 6 Test
Yourself 84 7 Retainers 118 8 Fitting and Checking Retainers 132 9 Problems
with Retainers and Trouble-shooting 142 10 Removable Appliances for the
Postgraduate in Specialist Orthodontic Training 154 11 Vacuum-Formed Active
Appliances 172 Jay Kindelan Index 181