Evidence-Based Orthodontics satisfies the educational demands of orthodontics, which demands the integration of the best research evidence with the clinician’s expertise and the patient’s unique values and circumstances. This land-mark text is the first to be devoted to the methodology, principles and practice of evidence-based practice in orthodontics. It aims to serve as a reference for those wishing to understand the principles of evidence-based practice including the foundation for clinical study design, epidemiology and the statistical inferences from data. The ability to define a search strategy from established databases and to identify relevant clinical and translational research in the scientific published literature requires a new approach in orthodontic education.  Evidence-Based Orthodontics provides a contemporary approach to those strategies in clinical orthodontic practice. The growing ability to translate critical appraisals of evidence into clinical practice and evaluate clinical evidence for its validity and potential usefulness requires an understanding of basic elements in epidemiology and biostatistics. Evidence-Based Orthodontics provides its readers with a cogent, clear resource with which to navigate and understand this important subject area. It provides students and practitioners of orthodontics with an indispensible guide to this vital tenet of education, research, and clinical practice.  

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