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Proffit: Contemporary Orthodontics, 4th edition

It’s now online – the complete text of an acclaimed reference on the basic principles of orthodontics! With this website, all of the content of Contemporary Orthodontics, 4th Edition is fully searchable, making it easy to locate topics and terms quickly. This site also offers access to continually updated information on concepts, treatments, or technologies to keep readers on the cutting edge of orthodontics.

ONLINE ACCESS OFFERS:

· 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 OFFERS:

· 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.