Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Gordon Guyatt


Contributor List ix


Part 1 Principles 3


Chapter 1 A Historical Perspective of Evidence-Based Orthodontics 5
Katherine W.L. Vig


Chapter 2 Clinical Research Designs 15
Robert J. Weyant


Chapter 3 Electronic Searching for Clinical Trials Information 31
Anne Littlewood


Part 2 Selected Topics 47


Chapter 4 The Treatment of Class II Malocclusion—Have We the Evidence to Make Decisions? 49
Kevin O’Brien and Jonathan Sandler


Chapter 5 External Root Resorption and Orthodontic Treatment— Assessment of the Evidence 63
Belinda J. Weltman


Chapter 6 Malocclusion, Orthodontic Treatment, and Periodontal Health—An Assessment of the Evidence 89
Anne-Marie Bollen


Chapter 7 Stability of Anterior Open Bite Correction— An Assessment of the Evidence 97
Greg J. Huang and Geoffrey M. Greenlee


Chapter 8 Orthodontics and Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Disorders 119
Friederike Luther and Fraser McDonald


Chapter 9 Self-Ligation 135
Padhraig S. Fleming


Chapter 10 Prevention of Demineralization During Orthodontic Treatment with Fluoride-Containing Materials or Casein Phosphopeptide-Amorphous Calcium Phosphate 149
Philip E. Benson


Chapter 11 Invisalign Therapy—A Systematic Review of Lower Quality Evidence 167
Jason M. Bressler, Stefanie Hamamoto, Gregory J. King, and Anne-Marie Bollen


Chapter 12 Retention 181
Simon J. Littlewood, Declan T. Millett, David R. Bearn, Bridget Doubleday, and Helen V. Worthington


Chapter 13 Quality of Outcome 191
Stephen Richmond and Alexei Zhurov


Chapter 14 Stability of Orthognathic Surgery 217
Donald R. Joondeph


Chapter 15 Orthodontic Treatment of the Transverse Dimension— Assessment of the Evidence 233
Steven D. Marshall


Chapter 16 Class III Malocclusion—The Evidence on Diagnosis and Treatment 247
Joseph G. Ghafari, Ramzi V. Haddad, and Maria E. Saadeh


Part 3 Evidence-Based Orthodontics in Perspective 281


Chapter 17 Evidence-Based Care in Context 283
William Shaw


Chapter 18 Playing Doctor: Evidence-Based Orthodontics 293
Lysle E. Johnston, Jr.


Chapter 19 Reflections on a Decade of Evidence-Based Dentistry 301
David L. Turpin


Index 307

About the Author

Greg J. Huang, DMD, MSD, MPH is Associate Professor andChair of the Department of Orthodontics at the University ofWashington. Stephen Richmond, BDS, DOrth RCS, MScD, FDSRCS, PhD isProfessor of Orthodontics and Head of Applied Clinical Research andPublic Health, Department of Applied Clinical Research and PublicHealth, at the University Dental Hospital at CardiffUniversity. Katherine W. L. Vig, BDS, MS, DOrth RCS, FDSRCS isProfessor Emeritus and former Chair of Orthodontics at The OhioState University, College of Dentistry.

Reviews

The editors are to be congratulated for producing ahighly readable text. This volume deserves a place in every dentallibrary, on the reading list of every orthodontic trainingprogramme and in the hands of every neophyteorthodontist. (European Journal ofOrthodontics, 20 September 2013)