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Textbook Publications

Orthodontic Treatment Mechanics and the Preadjusted Appliance, Bennett, J. C. and McLaughlin, R.P. Mosby, London 1993.

  •  ISBN #072341906X
     

Orthodontic Management of the Dentition with the Preadjusted Appliance, Bennett, J. C. and McLaughlin, R.P. Isis Medical Media Ltd., Oxford, May 1997.

  • ISBN #1899066918
     

Systemized Orthodontic Treatment Mechanics, McLaughlin, R.P., Bennett, J.C., and Trevisi, H.J., Mosby, Edinburgh 2001.

  • ISBN #072343171X
     

Facial and Dental Planning for Orthodontists and Surgeons, Arnett, G.W., and McLaughlin, R.P. Mosby 2004.

  • ISBN #0723433208

Fundamentals of Orthodontic Treatment Mechanics, McLaughlin, R.P., Bennett, J.C. Le Grande Publishing 2014

  • ISBN #978-0-9564555-2-9

Publications

  • "Malocclusion and the Temporomandibular Joint", The Angle Orthodontist , Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 185-191, April 1988.
  • "The Transition from Standard Edgewise to Preadjusted Appliance Systems", Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 142-153, March 1989.
  • "Controlled Space Closure with a Preadjusted Appliance Systems", Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 251-260, April 1990.
  • "Die entwicklung der standard-edgewise-apparatur zu einem vorgetorqueten und vorangulierten bracketsystem", Orthodontie und Kieferorthopädie, 2 Qrter, 1990.
  • "Kontrollierter lückenschluß mit der straight-wire-apparatur", Orthodontie und Kieferorthopädie, 2 Qrter, 1990.
  • "Management of Deep Overbite with the Preadjusted Appliance System", Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, Vol. 24, No. 11, pp. 684-696, November 1990.
  • "Die behandlung des starken vertikalen uberbisses mit hilfe eines gerätesystems mit eingebauten behandlungswerten", Orthodontie und Kieferorthopädie, 1 Qrter, 1991.
  • "Finishing and Detailing with the Preadjusted Appliance System", Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, Vol. 25, pp. 251-264, April 1991.
  • " Anchorage Control During Leveling and Aligning with the Preadjusted Appliance System", Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, Vol. 25, pp. 687-696, November 1991.
  • "Overjet Reduction with the Preadjusted Appliance System", Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, Vol. 26, pp. 293-309, May 1992.
  • "Die abschließende feineinstellung", Orthodontie und Kieferorthopädie, 2 Qrter, 1992.
  • "Effects of Four First Bicuspid Extractions on Facial Height in High-Angle Cases", Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, November 1993.
  • "Inclinacion, torque y tamano dentario durante la fase de terminacion ortodonica", Rev Esp Ortod, Vol. 24, pp. 249-258, 1994.
  • "Orthodontics for the Jaw Dysfunction Patient", Orthodontics for the TMJ-TMD Patient, Duane Grummons, Wright & Co., publishers, Chapter. 9, 1994.
  • "Bracket Placement and the Straight-Wire Appliance", Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, Vol. 29, No. 5, May 1995.
  • "The Extraction-Non-extraction Dilemma as it Relates to TMD", The Angle Orthodontist, Vol. 65, No. 3, pp. 175-186, 1995.
  • "Tratamiento de la sobremordida profunda", Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, Edicion en Espanol, Vol. I, No. 3, Verano 1995
  • "Bracketplazierung und straighwire-apparatur", Informationen aus Orthodontie und Kieferorthopädie, 4 Qtrer, pp. 447-462, 1995.
  • "Reducción del overjet con un sistema de aparatología preajustada", Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, Edicion en Espanol, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 307-323, Otono 1995.
  • "Acabado y detailes con un sistema de aparatología preajustada", Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, Edicion en Espanol, Vol. II, No. 2, pp. 103-116, Primavera 1996
  • "La colocación de brackets y el aparato de arco recto", Revista Espanola de Ortodoncia, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 157-169, 1996.
  • "Betrachtungen zur kronenform der schneidezähne bei der kieferorthopädischen behandlung", Informationen aus Orthodontie und Kieferorthopädie, No. 3, 1997.
  • "Considerationes sobre la forma de la corona de los incisivos en el tratamiento", Rev Esp Ortod, Vol. 27, 359-369, 1997.
  • Informationen aus Orthodontie and Kieferorthopadie, entire journal, 2 nd qrtr, 1998.
  • Revista Espanola de Ortodoncia, entire journal, Vol. 29, Supp. 2, 4-69, 1999.
  • “A Comparative Study of Caucasian and Japanese Mandibular Clinical Arch Forms”, Angle Orthodontist, Vol. 71, No. 3, pp. 195-200, June, 2001. Nojima, K., McLaughlin, R.P., Isshiki, Y., and Sinclair, P.M.
  • “Finishing with the Preadjusted Orthodontic Appliance”, Seminars in Orthodontics, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 165-183, Sept. 2003. McLaughlin, R.P. and Bennett, J.C.
  • “Comparison of arch forms between Korean and North American white populations”, American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Vol. 126, No. 6, pp. 680-686, Dec. 2004. Kook, Y., Kunihiko, N., Moon, H., McLaughlin, R., and Sinclair, P.

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