Ranking facial attractiveness.

The first aim of this investigation was to assemble a group of photographs of 30 male and 30 female faces representing a standardized spectrum of facial attractiveness, against which orthognathic treatment outcomes could be compared. The second aim was to investigate the influence of the relationship between ANB differences and anterior lower face height (ALFH) percentages on facial attractiveness. The initial sample comprised standardized photographs of 41 female and 35 male Caucasian subjects.

Orthodontic auxiliaries: the way forward?

Currently two-thirds of European countries employ orthodontic auxiliaries and the UK is therefore unusual in not permitting their use. There is support from the orthodontic specialty for the concept of delegating routine intra-oral tasks to auxiliary personnel. The following describes a pilot project undertaken to determine the possible training structure for orthodontic auxiliaries.

Dental care for the patient with a cleft lip and palate. Part 2: The mixed dentition stage through to adolescence and young adulthood.

This is the second of two articles looking at dental care for the patient with a cleft lip and palate. Part 1 looked at the needs of the child from birth through to the mixed dentition stage. Part 2 looks at dental care from the mixed dentition stage through to adolescence and young adulthood.

Dental care for the patient with a cleft lip and palate. Part 1: From birth to the mixed dentition stage.

This is the first of two articles looking at dental care for the patient with a cleft lip and palate. Part 1 looks at the needs of the child with a cleft lip and palate from birth through to the mixed dentition stage.

Orthodontic auxiliaries--a pilot project.

Aim: To undertake a pilot study to determine a possible training programme for orthodontic auxiliaries.

Design And Setting: Trainee hygienists who had been accepted onto a 2-year programme were asked to attend the Bristol Dental School well before their course was due to begin in order to participate in a pilot orthodontic assistant auxiliary training programme.

Methods: A modular course of one month's duration was constructed based on the programme at the University of British Columbia.