Fixed Orthodontic Appliances

In the endeavor to provide beautiful smiles to the patients an Orthodontist is blessed with a wide array of fixed appliances that can be used although often times this may turn out to be a bane due to lack of consensus and scientific evidence as to which appliance truly works the best. This book provides an in-depth analysis and understanding of the efficiency of three commonly used fixed orthodontic appliances - Pre-adjusted edgewise Tip-edge and Begg - in the treatment of Class I Bimaxillary Protrusion cases. The book features description of the three appliance types characteristics of bimaxillary protrusion cases dentoalveolar and soft-tissue changes produced by fixed appliances measurement of incisor intrusion and molar extrusion using Centroid analysis and a detailed discussion on the ICON Index devised by Richmond & Shaw with respect to Bimaxillary protrusion cases . The book can be particularly useful to Orthodontic practitioners academicians researchers & students interested in gaining new perspectives and understanding the working and clinical efficiency of the fixed orthodontic appliances while discovering the methodology of a research study to do so.