Early Orthodontic Foundations: Essential Strategies provides a comprehensive guide to orthodontic treatment for children and adolescents. Focusing on practical issues that clinicians may find challenging, including, timing of treatment, treatment duration, and predicting outcomes. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the overall concept of managing malocclusion in growing patients. The book delves deeply into critical areas like growth evaluation, cephalometric analysis, and facial assessment, highlighting the importance of facial analysis and skeletal issues. Key topics discussed include the need for orthodontics in children and adolescents, diagnosis and treatment planning, growth evaluation, cephalometric analysis, and approaches to treating dental and skeletal Class I, II, and III malocclusions. Tools and knowledge for effective early intervention through various clinical cases are presented. Orthodontics is critical in the overall dental care of pediatric patients, and this book is expected to provide valuable support to all dental professionals treating these patients. Since its first publication in Korea in 2009 by a dual-trained expert in pediatric dentistry and orthodontics, Early Orthodontic Foundations: Essential Strategies, has become a trusted and cherished guide for early orthodontic treatment. With the second and third editions released in 2016 and 2021 respectively, it has now been translated into English to meet a wider audience. About the Author: Kitae Park (DDS, MS, PhD) is a dual-trained dentist specializing in both pediatric dentistry and orthodontics. With expertise in both fields, he focuses on early orthodontic treatment, a key area of his research and clinical practice. He is currently a professor at Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea. He received his DDS from Yonsei University. He obtained his Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics Certificates and MS degrees from New York and Northwestern Universities respectively. He completed his PhD at Yonsei University. He has published in national and international scientific papers, contributed to textbooks, and has presented at numerous national and international conferences.
