DENTOFACIAL ORTHOPEDICS IN <B>THE GROWING CHILD</B><p><b>A clinical guide to understanding why malocclusions occur in children and how to diagnose and correct them early to reestablish normal growth using dentofacial orthopedics</b><p><i>Dentofacial Orthopedics in the Growing Child: Understanding Craniofacial Growth and the Management of Malocclusion</i> provides step-by-step guidance on diagnosing and treating malocclusions in young patients. <p>The book addresses both class I, II and III malocclusions, and more complicated cases such as facial asymmetries and temporomandibular problems that develop in the primary dentition. Concise, highly illustrated chapters describe normal and abnormal craniofacial development, and how and why environmental factors can affect the growth pattern. Early diagnosis and treatment planning, long-term case resolution, complementary methods of diagnosis such as occlusion and cephalometric, and more are discussed. <ul><li>Provides clinicians with visual gu