The FACE Book: Functional and Cosmetic Excellence in Orthodontics

by L. Douglas Knight

Overview

When most people think of orthodontic care, they imagine straightening teeth and braces or clear aligners. In this era of -it-yourself orthodontics, they might even think of mail-away retainers that don’t even require you to set foot inside an office. But there is so much more to orthodontic care than that. In this book, Dr. Douglas L. Knight educates patients on why orthodontic care is so much more important and comprehensive that most understand.

The FACE Method is a first-of-its-kind comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to keeping your entire body healthy, with an emphasis placed on the face. It is different from traditional care in that it includes setting goals around aesthetics, airway, long-term stability, TMJ, jaw function, periodontal health, and more. This sets patients up for the best possible long-term outcomes and a functional mouth for the rest of their lives. Problems like crooked teeth or TMJ can be affected by other body systems that need to be addressed, not just solved temporarily with a quick fix. FACE-trained orthodontists don’t just care about aesthetics or have the singular goal to straighten teeth. They solve the fundamental, underlying issues and have a goal-oriented approach that considers the health of the entire person, valuing long-term, stable outcomes. This is the kind of all-inclusive care adults and children deserve.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781642256208
Publisher:	Advantage Media Group, Inc.
Publication date:	11/14/2023
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

DR. L. DOUGLAS KNIGHT has been practicing orthodontics since 1995. After receiving his undergraduate and dental degrees from the University of Kentucky, he joined the Army Dental Corps and completed a one-year advanced education program in general dentistry. Following several military assignments over seven years of service, he then attended a two-year orthodontic residency program at New York University. Once his formal training was completed, he began a comprehensive two-year clinical continuing education program in occlusion and orthodontics at the Roth/Williams Center for Functional Occlusion in San Francisco, California. Dr. Knight practices orthodontics exclusively in his home state of Kentucky, while maintaining a busy teaching and lecturing schedule.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Goal-Oriented Treatment
Chapter 2: Ideal Facial Aesthetics
Chapter 3: The Form of Teeth
Chapter 4: Jaws That Function & a Good Bite
Chapter 5: An Open Airway
Chapter 6: Interceptive Treatment
Chapter 7: Interdisciplinary Treatment
Conclusion