Tag: personal opinion
Bill Proffit: Equilibrium Theory revisited.
Last week I was stunned to hear about the death of Bill Proffit. As a result, I have decided to make this blog post about his classic paper “Equilibrium Theory Revisited”. Like many orthodontic students my first exposure to Bill Proffit and his teaching was in seminars and his book. I also heard him lecture […]
A brilliant “take down” of myofunctional/orthotropics philosophy
I came across this brilliant and withering criticism of a recent book that promotes the magical thinking behind myofictional orthodontics, orthotropics and the epidemic of malocclusion. This was published in another orthodontic blog that is written by Professors from the University of North Carolina. The blog is good and worth following. This post was excellent. […]
Is orthodontic research poor? The Pyramid of Denial revisited
This blog post is about the rejection of research findings. I have decided to revisit the ‘Pyramid of Denial” which outlines the reason for illogical rejection of research.
A great personal view about being an orthodontic Key Opinion Leader
This is a guest post by Jason B. Cope. He is a highly respected orthodontist from the USA. He provides a great personal viewpoint on the tricky issue of being a Key Opinion Leader.
What do we really know about orthodontic aligner treatment?
Orthodontic aligner treatment has been around as long as I can remember. But do we know if it really works?
