The Orthodontic Treatment of Impacted Teeth

The orthodontic and surgical modality has largely been adopted for the treatment of impacted teeth, but there is
considerable difference of opinion between the two specialties as to which procedures should be carried out first and
to what lengths each should be pursued. There are further controversies about good and bad practice. This new edition
of a bestselling text discusses all aspects of the problem, from prevalence, through aetiology, to clinical treatment,
long term prognosis and the reasons for failure. The material is meticulously documented and provides a wealth of
sound, evidence-based advice for both the Orthodontist and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon.

This Second Edition now includes much new material on the latest methods of radiographic diagnosis and the wider
application of orthodontic implants. Five new chapters have been included in this new text and others have been
significantly expanded, to cover virtually every aspect of this fascinating subject, which is still hardly taugt in any
disciplined fashion in any of the Postgraduate Specialty Courses, worldwide.

1. General principles related to the diagnosis and treatment of impacted teeth
2. Radiographic methods related to the diagnosis of impacted teeth
3. Surgical exposure of impacted teeth
4. Treatment strategy
5. Maxillary central incisors
6. Palatally impacted canines
7. Impacted canines and the resorption of the incisor roots
8. Other single teeth
9. Impacted teeth in the adult
10. Lingual appliances, implants and impacted teeth
11. Rescuing teeth impacted in dentigerous cysts
12. The anatomy of failure
13. A role for orthodontics in the treatment of incisors displaced by trauma
14. Cleidocranial dysplasia