The accelerating pace of changes in orthodontics presents new challenges and problems. The changes are profound and may be uncomfortable to some. The old ways of treatment may not suffice and all of us need to keep our eyes and ears open. This topic has at its core the omnipresent question faced practically everytime orthodontists plan a treatment for the patient. "Do we need to extract teeth or can the necessary space be created without extraction?" This book will review the various methods of gaining space- 1. Expansion. 2. Proclination of anteriors. 3. Extraction. 4. Proximal stripping. 5....

A century ago Edward H. Angle rightly said..."In studying a case of malocclusion, give no thought to the methods of treatment or appliances until the case shall be classified with all peculiarities and variations from the normal in-type, occlusion and facial lines that have been thoroughly comprehended. Then the requirements and proper plan of treatment become apparent".A Class II malocclusion is one such relationship of the components of the human head which has remained unpredicted despite advances in our level of knowledge and comprehension. Our knowledge on this subject abounds with...