Issue: Volume 14, Issue 4
Release Date: 30 Nov 2021

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‘DIY Orthodontics’ – ‘Don't Do It Yourself’!

Georgia C Townend, MChD/BChD Dental Surgery and BSc Oral Science, OMFS LAS/SHO, Hull University and East Yorkshire Teaching Hospitals. Sangeeta Misra, FDS Orthodontics, MOrth (RCS Eng), MPhil (Orthodontics, Manchester University), MFDS (RCS Eng), MClin Dent Sci (Paediatric, Leeds University). Consultant Orthodontist, Charles Clifford Dental School, Sheffield and Castle Hill Hospital, Hull. email: sangeeta.misra@nhs.net

Do-it-yourself (DIY) orthodontics is becoming more popular as the demand for straight teeth increases, particularly with the ever-growing pressures of social media. In this article, the trends seen, the patients it attracts and what is being done, both nationally and internationally, to warn patients about the adverse effects this new phenomenon can have on dental health are discussed.

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