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...

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...

Most 2D brackets consist of a simple self-ligating bracket with two distortable clips on the lingual surface to contain the wire. The two clips are adjusted to allow vertical insertion of the...

Single tooth ankylosis/MFE is a rare condition with a similar presentation to PFE. A key diagnostic feature distinguishing PFE Type II from MFE is that MFE often only affects a single tooth and teeth...

Case JD was aged 11 years 3 months when the appliance was fitted. He had a Class II division 1 malocclusion on a severe skeletal II base with a reduced face height. The overjet was increased to 18 mm...

The basic periodontal examination (BPE) is the screening tool for assessing periodontal health. It should be performed on all dentate adult patients as part of the initial examination. To carry out a...

A 40-year-old male patient was referred by the Department of Periodontics. The patient's chief complaint was spacing and elongation of the upper front teeth. The patient had a history of severe...

The aim of this study was to assess whether our cohort of patients undergoing combined orthodontic and orthognathic surgery treatment would have qualified for orthognathic surgery according to the new...

Temporary pontics, also often called riding pontics, are temporary prostheses used during orthodontic treatment to replace missing teeth and can be used to replace any missing tooth. Replacement is...