With an all-new, full-color format, the fourth edition of Contemporary Orthodontics is now arranged in seven sections that follow the curriculum guidelines prescribed by the American Dental Educators Association. It includes new and relevant information while avoiding older or outdated areas to remain a practical resource for multiple levels of orthodontic students and practitioners. Full-color clinical images and line drawings illustrate the written concepts more clearly than ever.

• A NEW full-color design includes a total of more than 1,400 clinical photographs and illustrations.
• Application of the "soft tissue paradigm" to modern orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning.
• Critical evaluation of controversies in treatment approaches and treatment timing.
• NEW information on the use of cone beam CT for 3-dimensional evaluation of dental and facial dimensions and relationships, and 3-D superimpositions to evaluate treatment response.
• Problem-oriented treatment planning, with use of digital technology to develop a database that can feed through to the treatment plan.
• Updated content on biomechanics to help you plan efficient use of modern orthodontic appliance systems.
• NEW skeletal anchorage techniques using bone anchors and mini screws.
• Chapters on adult treatment featuring the sequencing of multidisciplinary treatment, the new approach to lingual orthodontics, and a discussion of surgical vs. orthodontic treatment options.

SECTION I. THE ORTHODONTIC PROBLEM

1. Malocclusion and Dentofacial Deformity in Contemporary Society

SECTION II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORTHODONTIC PROBLEMS

2. Concepts of Growth and Development

3. Early Stages of Development

4. Later Stages of Development

5. The Etiology of Orthodontic Problems

SECTION III. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING

6. Orthodontic Diagnosis: Development of Problem List

7. Orthodontic Treatment Planning: From Problem List to Specific Plan

8. Orthodontic Treatment Planning: Limitations, Controversies, and Special Problems

SECTION IV. BIOMECHANICS, MECHANICS AND CONTEMPORARY ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES

9. The Biologic Basis of Orthodontic Therapy

10. Mechanical Principles in Orthodontic Force Control

11. Contemporary Orthodontic Appliances

SECTION V. TREATMENT IN PREADOLESCENT CHILDREN

12. Treatment of Nonskeletal Problems in Children

13. Treatment of Skeletal Problems in Children

SECTION VI. COMPREHENSIVE ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT IN THE EARLY PERMANENT DENTITION

14. The First Stage of Comprehensive Treatment: Alignment and Leveling

15. The Second Stage of Comprehensive Treatment: Correction of Molar Relationship and Space Closure

16. The Third Stage of Comprehensive Treatment: Finishing

17. Retention

SECTION VII. TREATMENT IN ADULTS

18. Special Considerations in Treatment for Adults

19. Combined Surgical and Orthodontic Treatment

By William R. Proffit, DDS, PhD, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Henry W. Fields, Jr., DDS, MS, MSD, Professor, Orthodontics, Dean, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and David M. Sarver, DMD, MS, Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Private Practice, Birmingham, AL