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Foreword xxx

1 A GUIDE FOR TIMING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT / Eustáquio Araújo, Bernardo Q. Souki

2 DEVELOPMENT OF THE OCCLUSION: WHAT TO DO AND WHEN TO DO IT / Bernardo Q. Souki

3 MIXED DENTITION DIAGNOSIS: ASSESSING THE DEGREE OF SEVERITY OF A DEVELOPING MALOCCLUSION / Eustáquio Araujo

4 The genetics of the dental occlusion and malocclusion / Robyn Silberstein

5 Class I: Recognizing and correcting intra-arch deviations

SECTION I THE DEVELOPMENT AND ETIOLOGY OF A CLASS I MALOCCLUSION / Peter H. Buschang

SECTION II INTERCEPTING DEVELOPING CLASS I PROBLEMS / Eustáquio Araujo

6 Recognizing and correcting Class II malocclusions

SECTION I THE DEVELOPMENT, PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERISTICS, AND ETIOLOGY OF CLASS II MALOCCLUSION / Peter H. Buschang

SECTION II CLASS II TREATMENT: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS / Eustáquio Araujo

7 Recognizing and correcting Class III malocclusions

SECTION I THE DEVELOPMENT, PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERISTICS, AND ETIOLOGY OF CLASS III MALOCCLUSION / Peter H. Buschang

SECTION II CLASS III TREATMENT: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS / Eustáquio Araujo

8 Special Topics

SECTION I HABIT CONTROL: THE ROLE OF FUNCTION IN OPEN BITE TREATMENT / Ildeu Andrade, Eustáquio Araujo

SECTION II ERUPTION DEVIATIONS / Bernardo Q. Souki, Eustáquio Araújo

SECTION III STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING MISSING SECOND PREMOLAR TEETH IN THE YOUNG PATIENT / David B Kennedy

SECTION IV PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF PREMOLAR AUTO-TRANSPLANTATION / Ewa Monika Czochrowska,Pawel Plakwicz

SECTION V MIXED DENTITION ORTHODONTIC MECHANICS / Gerald S. Samson