BOS launches online resource for adult orthodontic treatment
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The British Orthodontic Society (BOS) has launched a new online resource to support the decision-making of the rising number of adults opting for orthodontic treatment. The new publication – The BOS Guide to Orthodontics for Adults - is a first for BOS in that it’s designed for patients to read before they see a clinician. It can be found at: www.bos.org.uk/adultorthodontics
It is divided into four clear sections covering all aspects of orthodontic decision-making: why, how, where and who. Each section has key points or tips which guide the patient towards getting the information they need to make the right choice for them. A video featuring Professor Tim Newton, Professor of Psychology as applied to Dentistry, with advice on the questions to ask a clinician complements the new guide. Called Orthodontics: making the right choice for you – the video and the guide will both be available on the BOS website.
Alison Murray, President of the British Orthodontic Society, speaking at the press launch at BOS HQ: “We welcome the growth of interest in orthodontic treatment but we want to ensure that individuals are empowered to understand the choices they are making. There is extensive marketing of system-based treatments and what’s happening is that people make up their mind about what they want before they get to see a dentist or orthodontist. They go into a practice and ask for a treatment which might not necessarily be in their best interests.”
She also commented: “There is also an issue around unmet expectations. By virtue of their design, systems to deliver short-term results are likely to have limited objectives. Problems can occur when patients have high expectations of the outcome of a treatment. We really want the guide to adult orthodontics to give potential patients the full picture and to highlight that orthodontic treatment can be complex. Our aim is to provide information which will help adults wanting treatment to become more discriminating consumers.”
The majority of BOS specialist practitioners treat adult patients. A survey carried out in 2013 showed that more than 80% of high street specialists treat both NHS and private patients while around 10% of members only treat patients privately. However, the pattern of provision in the UK is changing with more dentists offering system-based orthodontic treatment.
Latest BOS leaflet/videos anti-GDP ???
Sadly this just seems like a watered down version of the previous anti-GDP BOS newspaper advert a few years ago, yet still oozing with it's passive-aggressive attitude towards GDPs it seems :(Ortho. is still the only main-stay dentistry discipline that persistently DOESN'T believe the majority of routine cases should be done by GDPs, with Specialists seeing the mainly complex cases like in Endo, Perio, Paedodontics, Oral Surgery, Restorative etc, etc???
Very disappointing - I was hoping new leadership and vision would start to be more positively inclusive proactively, but alas seemingly not :(
Unless the BOS leadership didn't really have any involvement with this attempted (not so subtle) Protectionism and Monopolisation agenda, moving even further away from GDPs ???
Just even more divisive and unhelpful, frankly......
Yours unimpressed,
Tony.
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