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  • Title: Report of a survey conducted by the Consultant Orthodontists Group. The nature and distribution of clinical assistant posts in orthodontics in the United Kingdom in 1987.
    Author: Postlethwaite KM, Stephens CD.
    Journal: Br Dent J; 1989 Mar 11; 166(5):166-70. PubMed ID: 2923729.
    Abstract:
    This paper describes and discusses the results of a survey, conducted by the Consultant Orthodontists Group in the United Kingdom in 1987, which examined the nature and distribution of clinical assistant posts, and consultants' attitudes to the concept of appointing orthodontic auxiliaries. This survey demonstrated a large regional variation in the number of clinical assistant posts and in the number of 'specialist practitioners' and community orthodontists. More than 90% of consultants teach their clinical assistants how to use removable appliances, headgear and simple fixed appliances. More than 70% of consultants also teach their clinical assistants how to use multi-bracketed techniques and functional appliances. Ninety-one per cent of consultants would give their support to developing regional training schemes for clinical assistants in orthodontics. Eighty-eight per cent of consultant orthodontists favoured the appointment of orthodontic auxiliaries to carry out intra-oral work, and 75% believed that they already had a member of staff capable of doing these duties with some further training.
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