This first article has described the steps involved in designing and setting up a clinical trial from establishing the research question(s) to searching the literature. A forthcoming second article...

I am currently a second year post-CCST in Chesterfield and Sheffield. I started considering applying for provisional membership following some gentle encouragement from one of my supervising...

Autotransplantation is a versatile technique that can be used in many clinical situations to replace teeth that are either missing or of poor prognosis. Theoretically, any tooth can be transplanted to...

I completed my specialist registrar orthodontic training in September 2007 and I was undecided between undertaking a fixed term training appointment (FTTA) or consultant training (Post CCST training)...

A 19-gauge stainless steel wire (LeoWire, Leone SpA, Via P a Quaracchi, 50, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy; www.leaone.it) and, at one end, a round configuration is given for engaging thumb...

An eight-year-old female was referred to the Paediatric Dentistry department at Dundee Dental Hospital in 2011 with hypodontia. Clinical and radiographic examination revealed the patient to be in the...

A 7-year-old male patient was referred to the Paediatric Department of Liverpool University Dental Hospital by a local orthodontist for ‘consideration of the management of malformed teeth’ in the...

A medically fit and healthy 10-year-old Caucasian male attended the orthodontic clinic at Royal Chesterfield hospital following referral from his general dental practitioner. He presented with a Class...

A 13-year-old female was referred by her General Dental Practitioner (GDP) to the Orthodontic Department at The University of Manchester. Medically, the patient was fit and well, the reason for...

A fit and well 16-year-old female patient was referred to a local Specialist Orthodontist by her General Dental Practitioner (GDP) to correct her moderate upper arch crowding and mesiolabially rotated...

A 14-year-old male was transferred to the Orthodontic department at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, from another hospital unit due to his family relocating. He was already undergoing fixed...

A 19-year-old male patient presented with a Class III incisor relationship on a moderate Class III skeletal base with increased vertical proportions. His malocclusion was associated with a 4 mm...

Sufficient intrusion of maxillary molars was achieved on both sides in a period of 6 months (Figure 6). Cephalometric superimpositions of pre- and post-intrusion lateral cephalograms registered on the...