Includes bibliographical references and index.

The medically compromised patient -- Orthodontic treatment for the medically compromised patient / Carla A. Evans -- Malpractice and risk management -- Risk management / Thomas M. Graber -- Malpractice aspects of orthodontic treatment in patients with periodontal disease / Robert L. Vanarsdall -- Avoiding malpractice lawsuits: lessons learned from actual malpractice case histories / Elizabeth Franklin -- Practical advice for avoiding malpractice lawsuits / David Thomas.

Classification of undesirable tissue, organ, and system effects hypothetically linked to orthodontics : an introduction / Thomas M. Graber, Theodore Eliades, and Athanasios E. Athanasiou -- Potential iatrogenic responses -- Enamel color alterations associated with orthodontics / Theodore Eliades ... [et al.] -- Enamel effects during bonding-debonding and treatment with fixed appliances / Bjorngaard, Samir E. Bishara, Heinz Duschner -- Metabolic profile of orthodontic patients exhibiting root resorption : an assessment of the biologic predisposition hypothesis / Stavros Papaconstantinou -- Minimizing orthodontically induced root resorption / Olle Malmgren and Eva Levander -- Damage to tooth-supporting tissues in orthodontics / Birgit Thilander -- Release of wear and corrosion products from orthodontic alloys : a review of mechanisms and biologic properties / Theodore Eliades ... [et al.] -- Polymers in orthodontics : a present danger? / Claude Matasa -- Pain and discomfort in orthodontics / Stavros Kiliaridis and Marianne Bergius -- Temporomandibular disorders and orthodontics / Thomas M. Graber and Athanasios E. Athanasiou --.

All age.