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The European Journal of Orthodontics Advance Access published December 17, 2014 European Journal of Orthodontics, 2014, 1–1 doi:10.1093/ejo/cju072 Book Review Book Review Fundamentals of Orthodontic Treatment Mechanics Authors: John C. Bennett and Richard P. McLaughlin, Publisher: Le Grande Publishing, London, UK and Dubai ISBN: 978-0-9564555-2-9 settling, and post-appliance removal considerations. There is a greater emphasis on cephalometry, particularly the soft tissue cephalometric analysis of Arnett and Bergman, as well as discussion on the management of transfer cases. Furthermore, in line with recent developments, there is more information on indirect bonding and new material covering skeletal anchorage. Reference is made to the earlier works of Bennett and McLaughlin where appropriate to avoid repetition, and each chapter is supplemented by a bibliography to give additional sources of information. Overall Fundamentals of Orthodontic Treatment Mechanics is a high quality publication, and I would recommend it to anyone who wishes to get the most from the MBT system. Mark Bainbridge © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Orthodontic Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: [email protected] Downloaded from by guest on October 14, 2016 Fundamentals of Orthodontic Treatment Mechanics is the third instalment in a trilogy by the same authors. The first book was Orthodontic Management of the Dentition with the Preadjusted Appliance (1997), with the second volume Systemized Orthodontic Treatment Mechanics (2001) written in collaboration with Hugo Trevisi. Fundamentals of Orthodontic Treatment Mechanics supplements these two earlier volumes as a complete set of guidelines for the MBT system. There are 14 chapters covering 289 pages, and although the style and structure are slightly different from the earlier works the emphasis remains clinically based, with a plethora of high quality clinical photographs to illustrate the textual points. The first half of the book re-visits the treatment approach and appliance evolution in further detail, whilst the second half focuses on a variety of non-extraction and premolar extraction cases, case
