By

Jeryl D. English, DDS, MS, Professor, Chairman and Program Director, DO Orthodontics, UO Texas
Timo Peltomaki, DDS, MS, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Kate Pham-Litschel, DDS, MS, Research Associate, Clinic for Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Center for Dental and Oral Medicine, Uiversity of Zurich, Switzerland

Book Description

With a concise, focused review of orthodontic concepts and current clinical information, including diagnosis, treatment planning, and clinical treatment, MOSBY’S ORTHODONTIC REVIEW is the resource you need to achieve the best results for success on competency examinations as well as excellent clinical outcomes. From foundational concepts to more subjective areas of treatment planning and clinical treatment, this book includes a wealth of information from distinguished educators, recent graduates, and practicing professionals to help you prepare for the NBDE, Part II and the ABO written and clinical examinations. In addition, the companion CD-ROM includes six orthodontic cases written in the format required by the ABO for the Initial Clinical Examination to help familiarize you with the required ABO format.

Content is designed to prepare you for the NBDE, Part II and the ABO written and clinical examinations to help you achieve the best results.
Detailed illustrations provide a visual guide to conditions, techniques, diagnoses, key concepts, and more with case study photos that detail treatment from a patient’s initial exam to completion.
Proven question and answer format covers the key information for each topic and helps prepare you for certification exams.

Customer Reviews

This book is not very helpful for ABO boards, April 10, 2011

This book could have been awesome. There really is no condensed reference for American Board of Orthodontics written exam, just thousands of pages of recommended reading. If one could condense everything on the reading list into a concise book, it would be a real winner.
Unfortunately this book missed the boat. It glosses over many important points. For example the biomechanics chapter is lacking any talk of NiTi wires and martensitic vs austenic changes or anything about headgears and force of application. These are huge topics on the boards and not found in the book. Each chapter reads very seperate and has no continuity. It reads as if each person gets to write about their assigned topic and just writes whatever they feel like. This book is by no means comprehensive.
There is a lot of chapters that are pointless for board review. A whole chapter on CBCT? Secrets in computer-aided surgical simulation for complex cranio-maxillofacial surgery. Really?
The CD isn’t that great. Some NBDE questions, but not similar to the real boards questions. A lot of random questions about pediatric restorative that wasn’t appropriate. There are also some cases on there, but no questions.
Take home message, save your money. Just read Proffit, the article list, and the whatever else you can get your hands on from previous residents. It’s sad that this book really isn’t what it could have been…they whole things just doesn’t make sense. Maybe they will do a re-write for the second edition.

Best choice for boards, November 22, 2008

If u’re taking the ABO boards, you must have this book. It is a great refresher