Limited interaction with research papers has prompted a perhaps inappropriate reliance on research abstracts. Moreover, this has also spawned the development of structured abstracts that are designed...

Positive patient experiences of teledentistry and teleorthodontics have been reported6,10,11 with a recent literature review advising that teleorthodontics has been shown to be capable of managing...

‘The impact of oral diseases and disorders on everyday life that a patient or person values, that are of sufficient magnitude, in terms of frequency, severity or duration to affect their experience...

A 17-year-old male patient, AH, was referred by his general dental practitioner to the orthodontic department at a district hospital regarding his unerupted UR5, congenitally absent lower 5s and...

The prevalence of infra-occluded primary molars ranges between 1% and 39%, with mandibular molars being much more affected than maxillary molars.2,3 The incidence is greater the older the patient,...

This case reports on a medically fit and well 12-year-old female patient of European origin who attended Bristol Dental Hospital asymptomatically, for an orthodontic assessment and subsequent...

A 14-year-old medically fit and well male (Patient A) attended the orthodontic new patient clinic, complaining of a missing upper front tooth (UR1). The patient's social history revealed he had moved...

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic.1 The typical routes of transmission were said to be direct via a sneeze, cough...

BS was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, which was repaired surgically with lip closure at 5 months and hard and soft palate closure at 8 months. By the age of 7 years, the presence of...