Office news

A date for your diary

Yes, we are at it again! Hosting another Open Evening to give you the opportunity to find more out about INVISALIGN - the clear choice for straightening your teeth and the good news is that it's now available to Teens as well.

We would be delighted if you could join us on

Thursday 25th March 2010 from 6:00pm

at

Overleigh Orthodontics
The Old Forge | Overleigh Road | Handbridge
Chester | CH4 7HL

for a glass of.........! and to meet Alex Finney from Invisalign.

With Invisalign no one can tell you're wearing their aligners and they are removable so you can eat and drink what you want whilst in treatment.

Payment Plans (all loans subject to status) are available over two years, making it totally affordable.

All you need to do is contact us to say YES you are coming!

PLEASE PHONE +44 (0)1244 677667

Dr Tom Russell and his team look forward to welcoming you.

Great news

All three of our Trainee Therapists have now passed their exams and are now fully-fledged Orthodontic Therapists. Well done to Jan Cooke, Amanda Hagan and Renée Mello - we’re all very proud of you.

In attaining this certificate they can now carry out a lot of the orthodontist’s work and are registered as Orthodontic Therapists in the Dental Care Professionals’ Register.

Initially it took the General Dental Council quite a long time to get these courses off the ground and there were only a few approved examining organisations. Fortunately year on year, this is expanding.

Have you heard?

Vicki Cumberbirch who married Max Hain in 2008 now has a "little Hain". What great news! Vicki is now back from her maternity leave and (we think) enjoying being back at work.

And on a more serious note! David Plunkett from the Riverside team, alongside Stephen Chadwick has won an international award for clinical research. Steve is Consultant Orthodontist at the Countess of Chester Hospital and also does late night surgery at Overleigh Orthodontics.

This award, for the best paper published in a scientific journal, is given by the European Orthodontic Federation, a body made up of orthodontic societies across Europe. The paper reported on a clinical trial, looking at a ‘one-step’ bonding method versus a ‘two-step’ method to bond braces to teeth. This research identified the method as quicker and easier than the traditional ‘two-step’ technique. Their paper has had an influence on clinical
practice and the added convenience to patients, orthodontists and nurses has led to the use of ‘one-step’ self etch primer becoming a standard procedure across Europe.

Congrats to them both.