Scope of the Series

The major pathologies which dentists encounter in clinical practice include dental caries and periodontal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment of these pathologies is essential because when untreated, abscess could occur and it can even lead to the extraction of the tooth. Extracted teeth can be replaced with implants. Dentists and patients are nowadays more familiar with dental implant treatments. As a result, advanced diagnostic tools which aid in pre-operative treatment planning (cone-beam computed tomography, computer aided implant planning etc..), new implant designs improving the success of osteointegration, new materials, and techniques are introduced in the dental market.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Chapter 2 **Ceramic Brackets Revisited 5**

Chapter 3 **Accelerated Orthodontics 23**

Chapter 6 **Micro-Osteoperforations 73**

**Treatment 95**

Mustafa Sancar Atac

**Gummy Smile 125**

Esra Bolat

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Innovations in Orthodontics 1** Belma Işık Aslan and Fatma Deniz Uzuner

Anand K. Patil and Amrit Singh Maan

**Molecular Biology Aspect 51**

Phimon Atsawasuwan and Sajjad Shirazi

Chapter 7 **Stability of Diastemas Closure after Orthodontic**

Chapter 8 **Current Approaches in Orthognathic Surgery 111**

Chapter 9 **Orthosurgical Correction of Severe Vertical Maxillary Excess:**

Marcos Jimmy Carruitero Honores

Fayez Saleh and Wisam Al Hamadi

Chapter 4 **The Role of Cytokines in Orthodontic Tooth Movement 35** Amila Vujacic, Jasna Pavlovic and Aleksandra Konic-Ristic

Chapter 5 **Advances in Orthodontic Tooth Movement: Gene Therapy and**

Selma Elekdag-Türk and Hüdanur Yilmaz (née Huda Ebulkbash)

Conditions which dentists frequently encounter in their clinical practice are temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders. These disorders include degenerative musculoskeletal conditions associated with morphological and functional deformities. Accurate diagnosis is important for proper management of TMJ pathologies. With the advance in technology, new materials, techniques and equipment are introduced in the dental practice. New diagnostic aids in dental caries detection, cone-beam computed tomographic imaging, soft and hard tissue lasers, advances in oral and maxillofacial surgery procedures, uses of ultrasound, CAD/CAM, nanotechnology, plasma rich protein (PRP) and dental implantology are some of them. There will be even more new applications in dentistry in the future.

This book series includes topics related to dental caries, dentomaxillofacial imaging, new trends in oral implantology, new approaches in oral and maxillofacial surgery, temporomandibular joint disorders in dentistry etc.
