Orthodontic aligner treatment : a review of materials, clinical management, and evidence / [edited by] Theodore Eliades, Athanasios E. Athanasiou
Imprint
Stuttgart : Thieme, [2021]
Descript
xiv, 186 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Section I. Introduction: types and material properties : 1. Aligner treatment: an overview ; 2. Material properties of aligners -- Section II. Clinical management : 3. Early treatment in preteens and teenagers using aligners ; 4. Teen treatments with aligners ; 5. Routine mechanics and aligners (extraction/nonextraction) ; 6. Precautions with aligner treatment ; 7. Clear plastic appliances as retainers ; 8. Digital workflow in aligner therapy -- Section III. Evidence : 9. Outcome assessment and evidence on the clinical performance of orthodontic aligners ; 10. Forces and moments generated by aligner-type appliances for orthodontic tooth movement ; 11. Aligners and the oral microbiome ; 12. Intraoral aging and changes on aligner mechanical properties ; 13. Color changes of aligners and thermoplastic retainers during intraoral service ; 14. Biological properties of aligners ; 15. Aligner treatment from the patient perspective