Aligners and impacted canines
13: Aligners and impacted canines Edoardo Mantovani, David Couchat, Tommaso Castroflorio Introduction Except for the third molars, the impaction of the upper canine is the most common in the permanent…
Noncompliance upper molar distalization and aligner treatment for correction of class II malocclusions
15: Noncompliance upper molar distalization and aligner treatment for correction of class II malocclusions Benedict Wilmes, Jörg Schwarze Upper molar distalization in aligner treatment The distalization of the upper molars…
Open-bite treatment with aligners
9: Open-bite treatment with aligners Aldo Giancotti, Gianluca Mampieri In recent years, aligners have shown to be an extraordinary and effective tool to correct open-bite cases. Such unexpected results make…
Surgery first with aligner therapy
17: Surgery first with aligner therapy Flavio Uribe, Ravindra Nanda Historic background The treatment of moderate to severe dentofacial deformity is usually addressed by means of orthognathic surgery. The objectives…
The hybrid approach in class II malocclusions treatment
12: The hybrid approach in class II malocclusions treatment Francesco Garino, Tommaso Castroflorio, Simone Parrini Introduction Several protocols have been proposed for treatment of class II malocclusions. In nonextraction protocols,…
Interceptive orthodontics with aligners
11: Interceptive orthodontics with aligners Tommaso Castroflorio, Serena Ravera, Francesco Garino Introduction Early orthodontic treatment is still a debated argument. According to the existing literature, the usefulness of interceptive orthodontics…
Class I malocclusion
6: Class I malocclusion Mario Greco Introduction Class I malocclusions represent one of the most common conditions in the daily clinical practice and one of the most elective conditions to…
Diagnosis and treatment planning in the three-dimensional era
1: Diagnosis and treatment planning in the three-dimensional era Tommaso Castroflorio, Sean K. Carlson, Francesco Garino Introduction Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics is a specialty area of dentistry concerned with the…
Influence of intraoral factors on optical and mechanical aligner material properties
4: Influence of intraoral factors on optical and mechanical aligner material properties Fayez Elkholy, Silva Schmidt, Masoud Amirkhani, Bernd G. Lapatki Introduction The triad of success of orthodontic therapy comprises…
Theoretical and practical considerations in planning an orthodontic treatment with clear aligners
5: Theoretical and practical considerations in planning an orthodontic treatment with clear aligners Tommaso Castroflorio, Gabriele Rossini, Simone Parrini Introduction After the Stone Age, the Iron Age, and the Bronze…
Pain during orthodontic treatment: Biologic mechanisms and clinical management
18: Pain during orthodontic treatment: Biologic mechanisms and clinical management Tiantong Lou, Johnny Tran, Ali Tassi, Iacopo Cioffi The importance of orthodontic pain Pain, as defined by the International Association…
Clear aligners: Material structures and properties
3: Clear aligners: Material structures and properties Masoud Amirkhani, Fayez Elkholy, Bernd G. Lapatki Introduction The continued improvement of medical treatment demands easy to use, cheaper, and more durable products…
