Authors:
N.A. Meijer
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NTvT january 2003; 110: 008 - 13
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January 31st 1953, fifty years ago, orthodontics was the first dental specialty to be recognized in The Netherlands. This article describes the development to this. After the Second World War the dentist emancipated rapidly and dentistry became an academic profession in 1947. At that time the dentist was assumed to have knowledge of every field in dentistry and for orthodontics as a specialty there was no role to play. A few years later the Board of the Dutch Dental Association had to conclude - with some distaste - that a specialty in orthodontics was inevitable. As the chairman of the subcommittee for orthodontics the Groningen professor of orthodontics K.G. Bijlstra (1905-1985) had an important role in this process. November 16th, 1953 the first fifteen orthodontists were registered in The Netherlands.
Authors:
F.P.G.M.van der Linden, W.J. Schmiedel, R.J. Bijlstra
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NTvT january 2003; 110: 014 - 19
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After clarifying the role and significance of the European Federations of Orthodontic Specialists Associations (EFOSA), the results of a recent survey on the situation of the Speciality of Orthodontics in Europe are presented. Among the many items included are the recognition and availability of orthodontic specialists, their training, their working conditions, the height of the charged fees and the present insurance and refunding systems.
Authors:
A.M. Kuijpers-Jagtman
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NTvT january 2003; 110: 020 - 24
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Clinical performance can be kept up to date by learning how to practice evidence-based orthodontics, by seeking and appraising evidence-based summaries from the literature and by applying evidence-based strategies to change clinical behaviour. A MEDLINE search over the period 1990-2000 identified 8345 publications on clinical orthodontic subjects. Of these articles 49.5% was published in five specific orthodontic journals, while the others were published in about seventy other journals making it difficult for the clinician to stay current easily. Systematic reviews are an efficient and reliable source of information, but due to a lack of well-designed randomised clinical trials systematic reviews in orthodontics are still rare.
Authors:
J.G.J.H. Schols
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NTvT january 2003; 110: 025 - 30
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Orthodontists use several diagnostic aids for treatment planning and evaluation of treatment results. Most common are plaster casts, panoramic as well as cephalometric x-rays and often also intraoral and facial photographs. Nowadays digital alternatives are available for these diagnostic tools. Also many software programmes have been developed on subjects such as practice management and patient education. In the near future the paperless office appears to become reality. In this article developments up to now are presented.
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C. Katsaros, J.F.P. Dijkman
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NTvT january 2003; 110: 031 - 34
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During the last years both the manufactures and the orthodontists seem to show an increased interest in self-ligating brackets. This paper aims to present the history of self-ligating systems, to describe the three mostly used bracketsystems and to review the relevant literature. It seems from the existing data that self-ligating brackets have certain advantages over conventionally ligated brackets. However, the data are still thin and a high need for well designed clinical trials exist.
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R.A.van Teeseling, R.J. Goené
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NTvT january 2003; 110: 035 - 37
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The treatment of complex dental problems often requires the involvement of different disciplines in dentistry. Referral of the patient from one dentist or dental-specialist to the other in these cases is not uncommon. It is known as multidisciplinary treatment. In dentistry today treatment planning and treatment of complex dental problems are done as a team, working together, as an interdisciplinary team.
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H.J. Remmelink
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NTvT january 2003; 110: 038 - 44
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Oral appliances have become established treatment devices for snoring and sleep apnea. Substantial scientific evidence has demonstrated that mandibular repositioning appliances (MRA) are effective. Patients prefer oral appliances above most other treatment options. In recent years a steady stream of reports on MRA has been published. This article gives an overview of the state-of-the-art.
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B. Prahl-Andersen, A.M. Kuijpers-Jagtman
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NTvT january 2003; 110: 046 - 49
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The Advisory Committee on the future of dentistry in the Netherlands recommends to deliver dental care through oral health care teams consisting of dental hygienists, dental assistants and other oral health care workers with extended qualifications with a new dental professional, the oral physician, as the director of those teams. What does this mean for the orthodontist?
As modern orthodontics is far more multidisciplinary than in the past a structured collaboration between the orthodontist and the oral physician under one roof will be the future, probably supported by a management service organisation. Furthermore a quality system for orthodontic professionals such as the one that was developed though the EURO-QUAl-network needs to be established. And finally, orthodontists should change their clinical behaviour by applying evidence-based treatment strategies. It is clear that these developments need to be tailored in a European context.
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K.H. Breuning, P.J.van Strijen
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NTvT january 2003; 110: 050 - 54
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In this article a young, still growing female patient with a Class II division 1 malocclusion and a short mandible is presented. She was treated with functional and fixed orthodontic appliances. During orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances, mandibular lengthening by means of the intra oral distraction technique was used to correct the jaw relation. The orthodontic treatment could be finished successfully after lengthening of the mandible.
The results are presented. In the discussion some alternatives for mandibular distraction are mentioned. It was concluded, that intra oral mandibular distraction is useful and successful, in selected cases.
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P. Bol
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NTvT january 2003; 110: 055 - 56
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Hyperthyroidism is a disease due to an over effect of the thyroid hormone. The essential cause is unknown; the patients have an elevated metabolism that gives many symptoms. The majority has Graves´ disease with goitre and ophthalmopathy. The affliction prevails among young adults, women forming the vast majority. The three pillars of treatment are: drugs inhibiting the thyroid function, radiation and surgery. The latter used to include the risk of paralysis of the vocal cords and hypoparathyroidism but is at present a safe intervention.
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S.L. Liem
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NTvT january 2003; 110: 057 - 57
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Scientific dental societies take up an important place on the Internet. European Orthodontic Society (EOS) is one of the oldest specialised dental societies and consequently has its own website in the digital era. In this article of NTvT digital a description will be given of EOS website in connection with the theme of this issue: ´Orthodontics, a specialism for 50 years´, and the journal, European Journal of Orthodontics, which is edited under the care of this society.
