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Anterior open bites: the additive direct resin composite solution
‘Montgomery consent’ means that any potential patient needs to understand the material risks and benefits of the viable options available to them in...
Letters to the editor
Chewies (Invisalign, Align Technology, Birmingham) are small soft plastic, silicone-like material, cylindrical in shape, not edible, and reusable...
‘Peroxide-free’ Bleaching: Should we be Worried?
At-home bleaching can be a simple and safe procedure, which can benefit a patient aesthetically. The procedure is often straightforward, involving two...
CADCAM in dentistry. Materials and methods: an overview for the dental team
A workflow consists of a repeatable pattern of activity, enabled by the systematic organization of resources into processes that transform materials,...
‘DIY orthodontics’ – ‘don't do it yourself’!
Many dental professionals and dental companies have tried to warn about the consequences that may come with using such techniques without the input or...
Short-Term Orthodontics: Reasons for Treatment and their Associated Risks, Precautions in Patient Selection
Short-term orthodontics is a cosmetically motivated treatment, aiming to correct minor dental aesthetic anomalies, using controlled orthodontic forces...
The Dangers of Social Media and Young Dental Patients' Body Image
Over the past couple of years, ‘fourth-screen’ technology (meaning a small portable video screen such as on a mobile phone) has changed the way young...
How Orthodontic Therapists have Changed the Provision of Orthodontic Treatment
The composition of the UK workforce delivering orthodontic treatment has changed greatly over the past decade since the introduction of OTs.3 This...
The iatrogenic anterior open bite; a potential side-effect of thermoplastic orthodontic retainers
The patient was a 14-year-old female, referred for a second opinion by a specialist orthodontist who had not performed the orthodontic treatment. The...
A predictable alternative to a smile in six months?
Incognito™ is a lingual appliance system developed by Wiechmann using CAD/CAM technology.2 It has all the advantages of traditional lingual appliance...
The limitations of short-term orthodontics and why we still need specialists – a review of the current literature
An online survey conducted on behalf of the British Orthodontic Society in 2010 revealed that 45% of adults in the UK were unhappy with the appearance...
The ethics of interproximal reduction
A common IPR protocol will be described briefly below in a stepwise fashion..