Since the initial suggestion that brackets could be placed behind the teeth in the 70s, several American orthodontists formed the Lingual Task Force to promote the use of lingual appliances. This has...

Align Technology first introduced Invisalign in 1999. To date over 58,000 dentists and orthodontists worldwide are Invisalign certified, with an estimated one million patients treated so far.5 It...

A 46-year-old woman was referred to the Orthodontic Department of Peterborough and Stamford Hospital by her general dentist, with a complaint of prominent and spaced upper incisor teeth. Clinical...

The following distinctions have been made between the various types of macrodontia:.

The aetiology of ectopic molars may be considered to be multifactorial. A number of authors have described different predisposing factors. A high familial tendency has been noted.9 Local factors, such...

The aetiology of palatally displaced maxillary canines has been suggested as polygenic and mutifactorial. Becker et al9 suggested that the distal aspect of the lateral incisor root guides the...

Kesling's positioner was a precursor to the aligner. In 1945, Kesling foresaw the future development when he stated that:.

Aesthetic or functional aspects are the underlying reasons why patients seek treatment for their AOB. The inability to incise food efficiently or lisping and speech difficulties are common cause for...

Once bonding to enamel became established, several orthodontists, working independently in different parts of the world, experimented with the possibility of a fixed lingual appliance..

Clinical situations in which a labial fraenectomy is performed include:.