Orthodontics: Fast removal of claims

Regulation: Amused and frustrated

“…Sir, I object in the strongest possible terms to N. Stanford's false and misleading claims in the BDJ which are without proper foundation and not only unprofessional, but likely illegal too. 1,2 His comments go far beyond just a difference of clinical opinion, especially when he states and implies that FastBraces claims have been found by any 'body' to be misleading; this is entirely false. FastBraces claims follow evidence-based medicine 3 best practice, and the results in the hands of GDPs and patient satisfaction for the most common orthodontic cases speak for themselves over many years.…”

“…Obviously this still does not solve the problem for patients wishing to avoid products of bovine origin. NEWT guidelines (for administration of medication to patients with enteral feeding tubes or swallowing difficulties) 1 do not specify whether amoxicillin capsules can be opened and their contents dispersed, so this is perhaps inadvisable.…”

“…Although the ratio in India is 1:10,000 (which is true only for the urban population) the reality is that more than 70% of the population of India resides in villages, where the ratio is 1:2,500,000. 1 Hence, almost three-quarters of the total number of dentists are clustered in the urban areas, which house only onequarter of the country's population.…”