The Ortho-perio Patient: Clinical Evidence & Therapeutic Guidelines

Few texts deal systematically with the patient who needs orthodontics and periodontics at the same time, and that is the ground of this review. Eliades and Katsaros gather the evidence from both specialties and organize it in blocks: bone biology and the response to loading in the adult, together with microbial colonization of teeth and appliances and the changes in the oral microbiota; the periodontal considerations of the orthodontic patient, from examination and gingival recessions to soft tissue augmentation at the incisors and expansion; and, in the opposite direction, orthodontic mechanics in patients with periodontal disease, severe presentations included. The clinical cases carry each principle over into concrete treatment decisions.