Burstone's Biomechanical Foundation of Clinical Orthodontics

Why We Need Biomechanics -- Concurrent Force Systems -- Nonconcurrent Force Systems and Forces on a Free Body -- Headgear -- The Creative Use of Maxillomandibular Elastics -- Single Forces and Deep Bite Correction by Intrusion -- Deep Bite Correction by Posterior Extrusion -- Equilibrium -- The Biomechanics of Altering Tooth Position -- 3D Concepts in Tooth Movement -- Orthodontic Anchorage -- Lingual Arches -- Extraction Therapies and Space Closure -- Forces from Wires and Brackets -- Statically Determinate Appliances and Creative Mechanics -- The Role of Friction in Orthodontic Appliances -- Properties and Structures of Orthodontic Wire Materials -- How to Select an Archwire.