Handbook of Orthodontics

Andrew DiBiase is a consultant orthodontist based at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust in Ashford and works in part-time NHS and private practice in Kent. He graduated as a dental surgeon from King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1990. After a series of junior hospital appointments in maxillofacial surgery, oral pathology, paediatric dentistry and periodontology he obtained a Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1994. A three-year period of specialty training in orthodontics at the Royal London Hospital led to a Membership in Orthodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and entry onto the Specialist List in Orthodontics in 1997. He carried out his higher orthodontic training in Sheffield and Leicester and was awarded the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship in Orthodontics in 2000, being appointed Consultant Orthodontist at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital shortly after. Andrew is involved in the postgraduate training programmes and is an MSc examiner at the Royal London and Guy's Dental Schools. He is active in the British Orthodontic Society and he is registered on the Specialist Orthodontic List of the General Dental Council. He is a provisional member of the Angle Society of Europe.

1 Occlusion and malocclusion

2 Prenatal development of the craniofacial region

3 Postnatal growth of the craniofacial region

4 Development of the dentition

5 Orthodontic tooth movement

6 The orthodontic patient: Examination and diagnosis

7 The orthodontic patient: Treatment planning

8 Contemporary removable appliances

9 Contemporary fixed appliances

10 Management of the developing dentition

11 Management of the permanent dentition

12 Orthodontics and orthognathic surgery

13 Cleft lip and palate, and syndromes affecting the craniofacial region

Appendix Evidence Based Orthodontics