Book review

There have been very few books written on lingual orthodontics. Authors who have written on the technique include Scuzzo and Takemoto, Reisman, Romano and Kurz.

Rafi Romano has got together with numerous orthodontists around the world to produce a good, substantial, well illustrated book (as one would expect from Quintessence Publishing) on aesthetic orthodontics.

The book is divided into five main sections. The first section covers many lingual appliances with contributions from various lingual orthodontists around the world. All chapters are well illustrated, some going into great depth on the use of the particular system, including some good case reports. I personally would like to have seen chapters written by Didier Fillion or Scuzzo on the STb system and Wiechmann on the Incognito appliance to give this section full coverage of the most popular systems that are used in the western world.

The second section covers laboratory techniques, the initial chapter going through the various techniques such as TOPS, BEST, Hiro and the CLASS set up. A chapter is dedicated to the Orapix system in a good amount of detail. The Hiro technique is also described very well by the inventor of the technique. The section covers most of the laboratory techniques used around the world. There is a chapter in this section for those adventurous enough to do their own set up as well as their clinical commitments.