Biological Mechanisms of Tooth Movement

Vinod Krishnan is Professor and Head of the Department of Orthodontics at the Sri Sankara Dental College in India.

Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman is Researcher at the University Medical Center Groningen in The Netherlands as well as Adjunct Professor at the University of Bern in Switzerland and the University of Indonesia.

Ze'ev Davidovitch is Professor Emeritus of Orthodontics at Harvard University in the United States.

Contributors


Preface to the first edition


Preface to the second edition


Preface to the third edition


Part 1: Evolution of biological concepts


1. Biological basis of orthodontic tooth movement: an historical perspective
Vinod Krishnan and Ze'ev Davidovitch


2. Biology of orthodontic tooth movement: the evolution of hypotheses and concepts
Vinod Krishnan and Ze'ev Davidovitch


Part 2: Mechanics meets biology


3. Cellular and molecular biology of orthodontic tooth movement
Jaap C. Maltha, Vinod Krishnan, and Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman


4. Inflammatory response in the periodontal ligament and dental pulp during orthodontic tooth movement
Masaru Yamaguchi and Gustavo Pompermaier Garlet


5. The effects of mechanical loading on hard and soft tissues and cells
Itzhak Binderman, Nasser Gadban, and Avinoam Yaffe


6. Biological aspects of bone growth and metabolism in orthodontics
James K. Hartsfield, Jr., Priyanka Gudsoorkar, Lorri A. Morford, and W. Eugene Roberts, Jr.


7. Mechanical load, sex hormones, and bone modeling
Sara H. Windahl and Ulf H. Lerner


8. Biological reactions to temporary anchorage devices
Gang Wu, Jiangyue Wang, Ding Bai, Jing Guo, Haikun Hu, and Vincent Everts


9. Tissue reaction to orthodontic force systems. Are we in control?
Birte Melsen, Michel Dalstra, and Paolo M. Cattaneo


Part 3: Inflammation and orthodontics


10. The influence of orthodontic treatment on oral microbiology
Alessandra Lucchese and Lars Bondemark


11. Markers of paradental tissue remodeling in the gingival crevicular fluid and saliva of orthodontic patients
Taylor E. Glovsky and Laura R. Iwasaki


Part 4: Personalized diagnosis and treatment


12. Genetic influences on orthodontic tooth movement
Margarita Zeichner-David


13. Precision orthodontics: limitations and possibilities in practice
James K. Hartsfield, Jr., Priyanka Gudsoorkar, and Lorri A. Morford


14. The effect of drugs, hormones, and diet on orthodontic tooth movement
Vinod Krishnan, James J. Zahrowski, and Ze'ev Davidovitch


Part 5: Rapid orthodontics


15. Biological orthodontics: methods to accelerate or decelerate orthodontic tooth movement
Vinod Krishnan, Ze'ev Davidovitch, and Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman


16. Surgically assisted tooth movement: biological application
Carlalberta Verna, Raffaele Spena, Michel Dalstra, Paolo M. Cattaneo, and Judith V. Ball


17. Precision accelerated orthodontics: how micro-osteo-perforations and vibration trigger inflammation to optimize tooth movement
Mani Alikhani, Jeanne M. Nervina, and Christina C. Teixeira


Part 6: Long-term effects of tooth-moving forces


18. Mechanical and biological determinants of iatrogenic injuries in orthodontics
Vinod Krishnan, Ambili Renjithkumar, and Ze'ev Davidovitch


19. The biological background of relapse of orthodontic tooth movement
Jaap C. Maltha, Vaska Vandevska-Radunovic, and Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman


Part 7: Tooth-movement research


20. Planning and executing tooth-movement research
Vinod Krishnan, Ze'ev Davidovitch, and Rajesh Ramachandran


21. Controversies and research directions in tooth-movement research
Vinod Krishnan, Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman, and Ze'ev Davidovitch


Index