Early diagnosis and successful treatment of developing malocclusions can
have both short-term and long-term benefits while achieving the goals of occlusal
harmony and function and dentofacial aesthetics. Guidance of eruption and the
development of permanent dentition is an integral component of comprehensive oral
health care for all paediatric orthodontic patients. Such guidance should contribute to
the development of a permanent dentition that is in a stable, functional, and
aesthetically acceptable occlusion and normal subsequent dentofacial development.
The purpose of this chapter with the question-answer format is to provide the principles
for proper occlusal guidance, prevention of developing malocclusions and proper
interceptive orthodontic treatment during the mixed dentition period. In the second part
of the chapter, a series of clinical examples and the paediatric orthodontic intervention
treatment are provided.
