Reena R. Kumar

Patient compliance in orthodontics has always been an important concern for an efficient and effective treatment. Patient cooperation is basically a matter of patient's self-consciousness regarding their perceived dental disfigurement. The current book provides a contemporary outlook on how patient adherence influences the overall orthodontic treatment outcome and also emphasises on the knowledge regarding prediction of compliance during the treatment course. This could also be helpful to anticipate problems that might arise during the treatment and alleviate them before they impede or interfere with the same.

This book provides an insight about the maxillary expansion treatment procedure used in Orthodontics. Every orthodontic patients desires fast orthodontic treatment results. RME helps in faster expansion of constricted maxillary arch. Different appliances are being used to achieve rapid maxillary expansion. The prime objective of this book is to elucidate the advantages, disadvantages and the differences in the design and mode of action of widely used HYRAX Rapid Maxillary Expander and HAAS rapid Maxillary Expander.

This book provides an insight to facial esthetics in orthodontics as macroesthetics, microesthetics and miniesthetics. Smile plays an important role in facial appearance, facial attractiveness and smile esthetics which are strongly related to each other.Although ideal occlusion should be primary functional goal of orthodontics, the esthetic result is also critical for patient satisfaction and therefore, necessary to the overall treatment objectives. Hence, orthodontic treatment must incorporate various esthetic element to desirable result

This book provides an insight to necessity for orthodontic referrals at appropriate period of time. The individual's awareness of malocclusion along with the necessity for orthodontic treatment seems to be different at different ages as observed in orthodontic referrals. Within the practice environment, dentists often face dilemma of deciding at what age to refer for further opinion and possibly treatment. This depends on the problem that has been diagnosed and the dental development of the child along with ideal time for orthodontic treatment, thereby maximizing the benefits of growth. The main objective of this book is to review a thorough literature search on clinical consideration of orthodontic treatment and an appropriate orthodontic referral.