Digital Planning and Custom Orthodontic Treatment

K. Hero Breuning, DDS, PhD, was Assistant Professor of 3D Imaging at the Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology at Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Chung H. Kau, BDS, MScD, MBA, PhD, MOrth, FAMS, FDSGlas, FFD (Ortho), FDSEdin, FAMS, FICD, is Professor and Chairman at the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Dentistry in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

List of Contributors vii

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

1 Documentation of the Dentition 1
K. Hero Breuning

2 Documentation of the Face 9
K. Hero Breuning

3 DynamicMotion Capture of the Mandible 15
Shushu He and Chung H. Kau

4 Analysis of Digital Dental Documentation 27
K. Hero Breuning and Chung H. Kau

5 Orthodontic Treatment Planning 31
K. Hero Breuning and Chung H. Kau

6 CustomAppliance Design 41
K. Hero Breuning

7 CustomAppliance Fabrication and Transfer 47
K. Hero Breuning

8 Monitoring of Tooth Movement 55
Philippe Salah and K. Hero Breuning

9 CustomRetention after Orthodontic Treatment 65
K. Hero Breuning

10 The Invisalign System 69
Orhan Tuncay

11 Custom Lingual Appliances 81
Neil Warshawsky, Thomas W. Örtendahl, Chung H. Kau and K. Hero Breuning

Appendix 115

Index 117