Without their love, support, sacrifice and continued encouragement, this project could not have been completed
Foreword
Clinical Orthodontics: Current Concepts, Goals and Mechanics by Dr Ashok Karad is a comprehensive and well written text. Most importantly, the thrust of this work is centred around the key word in the subtitle Current. It is vigorously integrated into all biomechanical, diagnostic and treatment planning areas of the text.
This robust document is intelligently structured with 15 comprehensive chapters by a dynamic group of world-class clinicians, researchers and teachers who clearly discuss the cutting-edge concepts and technologies of their respective areas of expertise.
Dr Karad has done an outstanding job of editing this text into a valued resource that belongs to the bookshelves of all orthodontists who are interested in, and involved, with structuring their professional careers to comply with contemporary clinical concepts, goals and mechanics.
I unreservedly recommend this book to clinicians, academics and postdoctoral students. It is a worthy text.
Professor. John J. Sheridan, DDS, MSD, Department of Orthodontics, Jacksonville University, Florida, USA
Contributors
A Bakr M Rabie BDS , PHD , MSC , CERT ORTHO , FHKAM ( DENTAL SURGERY ), FCDSHK ORTHODONTICS , HON FDSRCS ( EDIN )
Faculty of Dentistry
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Ashok Karad BDS , MDS , M ORTHRCS ( EDIN )
Director, Smile Care India
Diplomate, Indian Board of Orthodontics
Private Practice, Mumbai
india
Barry H Grayson DDS
Associate Professor of Surgery (Orthod)
New York University Langone Medical center
institute of Reconstructive Plastic surgery
USA
Birte Melsen DDS , PHD , DR ODONT
Professor and chairman
Department of orthodontics
School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences
Aarhus University
Denmark
Chester H Wang BSC ( MATHS - COMPUTER SC )
Dolphin imaging
9200 Eton Avenue
Chatsworth, CA 91311
USA
Fernando de la Iglesia DDS , MS , PHD
Associate Professor
Department of Orthodontics
International University of Catalonia
spain
Hitesh Kapadia DDS , PHD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery (Orthod)
New York University Langone Medical center
Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
USA
Kazumi Ikeda DDS
Private Practise and Director
Roth/Williams Center for Functional Occlusion
Japan
Karen Moawad BSC
Bainbridge Island
WA 98110
USA
Larry W White DDS , MSD , FACD
Diplomate, American Board of Orthodontics
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Texas A&M, Baylor College of Dentistry
USA
Lisa Randazzo BA ( LIT - CREATIVE WRITING / MINOR IN COMMUNICATIONS )
Dolphin imaging
9200 Eton Avenue
Chatsworth, CA 91311
USA
N R Krishnaswamy MDS , M ORTHRCS ( EDIN ), DIP NB
Professor and Head
Department of orthodontics
Ragas Dental college and Hospital
chennai
India
Prasanna K Shivapuja BDS , MDS , DDS , MS
Diplomate, American Board of Orthodontics
Private Practice
Roseville, Michigan
USA
Pradip R Shetye DDS , MDS
senior Research scientist
New York University Langone Medical center
institute of Reconstructive Plastic surgery
USA
P Emile Rossouw BSC , BCHD , BCHD ( HONS-CHILD DENT ), MCHD ( ORTHO ), PHD , FRCD ( C )
Professor and Chairman
Department of Orthodontics
University of North Carolina School of Dentistry
USA
Ratnadeep Patil BDS PCAD ( USA )
Director, Smile Care India
Program Director (India), CDE
New York University College of Dentistry
Diplomate, International College of Oral Implantologists
India
Ricky W K Wong BDS , M ORTH , PHD , M ORTHRCS ( EDIN ), FRACDS , FHKAM , CDSHK ( ORTHOD )
Faculty of Dentistry
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Toshiaki Hiro DDS , PHD , EBO
Private Practice
Japan
Yanqi Yang BDS , M ORTHRCS ( EDIN ), PHD
Faculty of Dentistry
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Preface
This is indeed an extraordinary period in the orthodontic profession and it gives me a great feeling to be a part of this chosen field of interest, experiencing the enormous benefits and professional satisfaction that I enjoy while practising orthodontics. Over the last few years, Orthodontics has taken tremendous strides through expanding knowledge and improved technology. This has resulted in ever increasing levels of excellence in treatment accomplished with greater efficiency than was thought possible even a decade ago. The profession has witnessed many substantial contributions in the form of scientific and research articles, textbooks, etc. to form an enormous body of information available nowadays. This is truly a result of hard work and great vision of many clinicians, researchers and teachers who have accepted the challenge and gone beyond it.