Launched at the BOC 2019 in Glasgow, this joint campaign will advise patients in all circumstances to visit a trained clinician ensuring that they have the various options open to them explained so they can make an informed decision. The website is to be launched in December 2019.
It comes as recent statistics from BOS reveal adult orthodontics continues to rise with three quarters (75%) of orthodontists reporting an increase in adult private patients.
By bringing the expertise of the two organisations together on this issue, campaigners feel it will empower patients to make the right choices.
Jonathan Sandler, BOS President, said: ‘In my professional opinion, if you embark on any orthodontic treatment without a suitably trained clinician taking the time to examine you and make appropriate recommendations, you could be in danger of having serious conditions missed, as well as inappropriate and dangerous treatment carried out.
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