Orthodontic mini-implants provide several advantages over and above those available with conventional anchorage reinforcement.

An eruption path is cleared by resorption of overlying bone, deciduous tooth roots and alveolar mucosa.5 Experiments in dogs have shown that the tooth moves through this eruption path and the tooth...

Why do success rates differ between patients and between insertion sites (within the same patient)? Fortunately, multiple research studies have now been published on the variety of patient factors...

Orthodontic therapists are a recent addition to the Dental Care Professionals group of GDC registrants and have, in a short space of time, proved to be important members of the dental team. They are...

A 13-year-old female was referred by her general dental practitioner for orthodontic assessment to the University of Manchester Dental Hospital. The patient's presenting complaint was of ‘crooked...

Following the original audit, the results were presented at a local departmental meeting. Recommendations were made to radiology staff on correct head positioning procedures. Improved communication...

The patient presented as a girl of 15 years of age with a severely crowded malocclusion of dento-alveolar origin. She was 5'3” tall and weighed 45 kg. The patient had experienced recent rapid growth...

At Chesterfield Royal Hospital the Maxillofacial Department staff have found the annotated OPTs to be incredibly useful throughout the whole referral process and their routine use for all Orthodontic...

Currently, there are two types of aesthetic bracket, the ceramic/porcelain and the plastic bracket systems. Although the plastic bracket appliance is not popular nowadays, it still has some uses in...

A medically fit and well 12-year-old Caucasian female was assessed on the joint restorative/orthodontic clinic at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. She complained that her upper front teeth were ‘sticking...

In dentistry, magnets (Table 1) were used first as implants for denture retention by Behrman and Egan in 1953.13.

The aim of this study was to use these indices to determine:.

The subject of this case report was a 9-year-old female with a right-sided unilateral cleft lip and palate, under the care of the orthodontic department at St Luke's Hospital, Bradford. Her previous...

Sixty panoramic radiographs (33 females and 27 males, age range of 14–25 years) were obtained from patients undergoing orthodontic treatment in the SDM College of Dental Sciences, Karnataka, India....