Offers the very latest on the theory and practice of integrating mini-implant techniques into clinical practice

This all-new second edition of The Orthodontic Mini-implant Clinical Handbook provides a thoroughly revised and expanded update to the theoretical and practical aspects of using mini-implants in orthodontic practice. Taking a practical step-by-step approach with hundreds of clinical images, it presents updated clinical techniques and new clinical cases, covering all topics of importance for utilising mini-implants. It also includes a new chapter on mini-implant anchored maxillary expansion appliances.

It begins with a chapter that looks at mini-implant principles and potential complications, before moving onto clinical and design factors for maximising mini-implant success. Other chapters cover incisor retraction; molar distalisation and protraction; intrusion and anterior openbite treatments; bone anchored rapid maxillary expansion; orthognathic surgical uses; and ectopic teeth.

• Provides a comprehensive guide to both theoretical and practical advice for the use of mini-implants in orthodontic practice
• Covers updated clinical techniques and new clinical cases
• Presents a new chapter on mini-implant anchored maxillary expansion appliances
• Takes a highly illustrated step-by-step approach ideal for clinical practice

The Orthodontic Mini-Implant Clinical Handbook is an essential resource to orthodontists, maxillofacial surgeons, practicing dentists, and anyone with an interest in mini-implant skeletal anchorage.

About the Author

About the Author

Richard Cousley is a Consultant Orthodontist based at the Priestgate Clinic in Peterborough and also an Honorary Consultant Orthodontist, Peterborough City Hospital, the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough, UK.

Book Information
ISBN 9781119509752
Author Richard Cousley
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 1202g
Dimensions(mm) 287mm * 221mm * 23mm