Page 6 - REMOVABLE ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES

Preface

At the start of a new century, publication of a We hope that this book will improve the
book on removable appliances may be unex- results that can be achieved and make practi-
pected. But, despite a great increase in the use tioners more aware of those patients who
of fixed appliances the majority of courses of require more complex techniques and referral
orthodontic treatment in the United Kingdom to a specialist.
are still carried out with removable appliances. This book is a combination of two previous
In General and Specialist practice within the books: Orthodontic Treatment with Removable
National Health Service the number of courses Appliances by Houston and Isaacson and Tooth
of treatment carried out with removable appli- Movement with Removable Appliances by Muir
ances is in the order of 400,000 appliances each and Reed. Both of these sold widely in the
year. A recent survey showed that even the United Kingdom and overseas and were trans-
Hospital Service of the United Kingdom lated into a number of languages. When
(which concentrates on the management of reprints were considered it was thought that a
more severe malocclusions) uses removable joint work would combine the strengths of both
appliances in 16% of cases - frequently in previous books. This book includes a CD ROM
combination with fixed and functional appli- showing the clinical records of patients treated
ances. with the use of removable appliances.
We make no suggestion that removable It was a privilege for us to know, and work
appliances are suitable for the treatment of with, the late Professor Bill Houston, whom we
every patient. But their careful use, in regard as one of the United Kingdom's leading
selected cases, can contribute to effective orthodontic teachers and research-workers
treatment which produces acceptable results. during the twentieth century.

K.G. Isaacson
J.D. Muir
R.T. Reed