Kevin O'Brien's Orthodontic Blog

Kevin O'Brien's Orthodontic Blog

Adults Orthodontic Treatment

Why do adults want orthodontic treatment

AI

Can artificial intelligence diagnose malocclusion?

Alignement

A new, really good clinical trial of aligning archwires. The wire doesn't matter

A new study shows how aligners close anterior open bite

Back to basic. Ten top tips on alignment

Back to basics: 10 Interesting Tips for Orthodontic Space Closure

Do plastic aligners cause harm?

Does a 7 or 14-day aligner change influence treatment duration?

Has Invisalign advertising "Crossed the line"?

Invisalign tips teeth into extraction spaces

Should we worry about microplastics and clear aligners?

What Does Recent Research Tell Us About Aligners?

Bio-mechanic

Directly Printed Aligners are effective for mild/moderate malocclusions
Is Invisalign effective at changing incisor torque?
Breathing problems
Does orthodontics cure or cause child breathing problems? A new consensus conference doesn’t think so

Bonding

A new trial looks at the effectiveness of digital direct bonding

Breathing

Does orthodontics cure or cause child breathing problems? A new consensus conference doesn’t think so

Is there a link between extracting premolars and breathing disorders?

Bullying

A new study shows that malocclusion is associated with bullying
Is bullying about malocclusion a problem?

Class II malocclusion

Class II Malocclusion. 20 facts about treatment

Crowding

Is dental crowding influenced by toothwear? A remarkable 13-year follow-up study

Expansion

Expansion with Aligners or RME. What is better?

Extractions

A simple summary of the need for orthodontic extraction

Cortical Plates: Cliff-Edge or Forgiving Friend?

Do orthodontic extractions change soft tissue profiles?

Do premolar extractions influence the airway? A new systematic review
Extracting premolars does not influence the ariway?Good news! Extractions do not damage smiles
Is non-extraction kicking the extraction decision into the long grass?

Open Bite Closure: Should we extract?

Healthcare

What is healthcare success?

Interceptive Orthodontics

Is interceptive orthodontics a hopeless pipedream?

Maintaining orthodontic correction

A CAD-CAM Nitinol bonded retainer has a high failure rate
CAD/CAM nitinol bonded retainer versus a chairside rectangular-chain bonded retainer: A multicentre randomised controlled trial
CAD/CAM. Retainers again, does this one do better?

OSA

Adenotonsillectomy is better than RPE for treating paediatric OSA!

Marketing

Does Diamond status make me better than you?

Mewing

Let’s talk about “Mewing” the astonishing internet sensation

Orthodontics

Indirect bonding may or may not improve the efficiency of orthodontic treatment
Thoughts and Reflections on Orthodontics

Orthodontic literature

How to get through the mire of orthodontic publications?

Orthognatic surgery

The post Bone-anchored protraction reduces the need for orthognathic surgery

Radiology

Can orthodontists reliably identify incidental findings on panoramic radiographs?
Orthodontic radiation exposure: a week of background radiation?

Retainer

Do bonded retainers really fail as much as the research suggests?

Should we worry about the cytotoxic effect of orthodontic retainers?

RCT

A new RCT shows how pacifiers influence malocclusion

RME

Can RME change childhood behaviour?
Does RME reduce bedwetting?
Early expansion: patient impacts with RME versus Quad Helix
What is better? Quad helix or RME for maxillary expansion

Skeletal Anchorage

Is this mid-palatal TSAD going to hurt?

Sleepiness

Is there an association between sleepiness and malocclusion?

Time of treatment

What reduction in treatment time is important to our patients?
LightForce makes claims using dodgy evidence?

TMDs

Managing patients with chronic pain from Temporomandibular Disorders