توضیحات

The basic scope of Self-Ligation in Orthodontics is to comprehensively review self-ligation and summarize the evidence available in the literature. Each chapter addresses a specific question pertinent to the properties, basic and clinical performance of self-ligating brackets, including: force and moment application; temporal variation of force in active self-ligating brackets; periodontal considerations and oral microbiota alterations; root resorption; biomechanics; and treatment efficiency and associated dental effects.

The text of Self-Ligation in Orthodontics book is written in a manner which addresses issues, often basic in character, from the perspective of a clinician. In areas requiring background knowledge such as biomechanics (based on mechanics and materials science), clinical research (related to epidemiology), tooth movement (dealing with molecular biology) and oral flora changes (discussed from a microbiological view), background texts written by eminent scholars provide the essentials of the corresponding disciplines to facilitate an insight into the topic.

Apart from the appraisal of the currently available evidence, Self-Ligation in Orthodontics also contains clinical therapeutic guidelines and suggestions, which are the result of the accumulated experience of prominent clinicians. Although the reader may be puzzled by the occasional contradiction between the information and the evidence presented in other chapters, the clinical wealth of the content of these chapters should not be overlooked, since a variety of views can only widen the perspectives of practicing orthodontists.