9_th ICCO Study Club Meeting

Description

Topic: Reducing Post-Treatment Changes and Orthodontic Retention: Evidence, Facts, Myths and the Future

Post-treatment changes continue to be the commonest risk of orthodontics, but our understanding of how to combat this has improved extensively in the last decade due to an increase in quality research in this field. This includes a number of randomized controlled trials, and in particular quantitative research. This quantitative research is helping clinicians understand patients’ expectations, motivations and decision-making, all of which are key to the commitment needed for long-term retention. Simon will discuss the difference between stability and retainability and how Little’s classic work into relapse is often misunderstood; patients’ understanding and attitudes to relapse, the importance of choosing retention regimes personalized to individual patients and looking into the future at new developments in materials, technology and behavioral science. In addition, he will include some useful clinical tips, hints, tricks and ideas to reduce unwanted post-treatment changes at the end of treatment.

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Speaker

Simon Littlewood
BDS, MDSc, FDS(Orth), RCPS, MOrthRCS, FDSRCS 
UK-Bradford

Simon has been a specialist orthodontist in the UK since 1998. He is currently Consultant and Clinical Lead in Orthodontics in Bradford Hospitals NHS Teaching Trust, Honorary Senior Lecturer at University of Leeds and runs a small private practice. Along with Trevor Hodge he developed the UK’s first Orthodontic Therapy Course, and is still co-Director of the Yorkshire Orthodontic Therapy Course. He is Honorary Secretary of the British Orthodontic Society and is Chair of the Membership Exam for the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England. He has a particular interest in orthodontic retention, undertaking research, publishing and lecturing on this topic around the world. As a presenter he has gained a reputation for translating high-quality evidence into clinically-relevant information, delivered in an entertaining and engaging style.