Orthodontics, born in Italy as a pioneering branch of dentistry in the ‘50s, with Masters such as Professors E. Muzi, G. Maggio, O. Hoffer, developed over time: with the first Italian Study Group of Orthodontics (GISO - 1967), with the Italian Society of Orthodontics (SIDO - 1968), with the first Postgraduate in Orthodontics (University of Cagliari - 1973) followed by many others, and finally with Masters and Courses. Starting from a restricted number of pioneers and arriving to several thousands of professionals. Hence the need for this series in which each book has a monographic character. Iconography has been given a lot of space in order to facilitate the use as a text-atlas and promote its practical application. The text, always concise, was prepared with scientific and bibliographic rigor, and with a logical and valid design. Being easy of consultation the user can take full advantage of it. With great satisfaction this series passed a few years ago the silver mark of the 25th issue, heading towards new goals, a really unexpected thing when it shyly started with the first issue in 1996. The credit for this succes goes to all the Orthodontic programs in Italian Universities and to the experience of the private professionals, who promptly and enthusiastically joined the initiative, enriching it in all these years with important and highly significant monographs, committed to provide the best of the results in their specific fields of research. For the past several years, the series has been improved by an extraordinary event: it was also simultaneously printed in English, thanks to the foresight and courage of Dr. Alfredo Martina and his sons Vincenzo and Nadia.
The presentation of a book in which one of
the authors is your own son is always delicate but I‘m
really honored to introduce the number 39 of this series,
curated by the excellent orthodontic schools of Ferrara and
Insubria. The topic of this monograph is extremely interesting
for its great relevance in current dentistry and will certainly
arise great interest, because it is the first time that this
issue is treated in this series and because it is still not
discussed enough, also internationally.
In my opinion, the topic of this book is one of the most important
aspects of clinical research in dentistry, namely the implant
site development.
Obviously, being this an orthodontics series the topic has been developed from an orthodontic standpoint, but simultaneously involves different disciplines: implantology, prosthetics, oral surgery, periodontics, microbiology up to the biopharmaceutics.This is an evidence of the fundamental importance of study and research, especially in its inter- and multidisciplinary aspects. The two Schools, along with Italian professionals trained in North America, put up a long and calibrated scientific work in which they were able to provide a text of great validity, both practical and clinical.
As it often happens after the extraction
of a tooth, the remaining alveolus undergoes deep structural
changes, and it is often impossible to insert an implant in
the same anatomical context, because it would result in insufficient
function and impaired periodontal esthetics. This prompted
the authors to describe their rehabilitative orthodontic clinical
approach.
I’m sure the readers will find this book very interesting.
The rich iconographic documentation and the clarity of the
texts make it particularly useful not only for orthodontists
but also by other professionals.
I’d like to renew my praise and gratitude to Edizioni Martina for the unlimited energy and enthusiasm that they keep providing. To the Authors I offer my most sincere congratulations for the results produced over the years.
Prof. Damaso
Caprioglio
Professor and Former Chairman
Department of Orthodontics
University of Parma
Dean of Italian Specialists in Orthodontics
damaso.caprioglio@dentalchildren.net
