ORTHODONTIC GROUP
CURRENT CONTRIBUTORS PARTICIPATING IN Orthodontic OUTCOMES DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING
Ross E Long, Jr, DMD, MS, PhD, Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic, Lancaster, PA (Group Leader)
Patricia Beals, DMD, MS, Barrow Cleft Craniofacial Center, Phoenix, AZ
John Daskalogiannakis, DDS, MS, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Jean-Charles Doucet, DMD, MD, MSc, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Ronald Hathaway, DDS, MSc, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Med. Ctr., Cincinnati, OH
Ana Mercado, DMD, PhD, Nationwide Children's Hospital and Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Kathy Russell, DDS, MS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
William Shaw, BDS, PhD, University of Manchester, Manchester UK (Consultant)
Gunvor Semb, DDS, PhD, University of Manchester, Manchester UK and Oslo Cleft-Craniofacial Center, Norway(Consultant)
Past and Present Centers Participating in orthodontic audits and comparisons
Barrow Cleft Craniofacial Center, Phoenix
Boston Children's Hospital
Case Western Reserve
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Med. Ctr.
Cooper University Hospital
Dalhousie University, Halifax
Dallas Children's Hospital
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, Minneapolis
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic, PA
Manchester University, Manchester UK
Nationwide Children's Hospital and Ohio State University, Columbus
Oslo Cleft-Craniofacial Center, Norway
Peyton Manning Children's Hospital, Indianapolis
Rainbow Babies and Children's Cleft and Craniofacial Center, Cleveland
Riley's Children's Hospital and St. Vincent's Craniofacial Ctr, IN Univ., Indianapolis
St. Louis University
University of Toronto
Washington University, St. Louis
Map of Americleft Orthodontic Group Centers
Initial Meeting of Americleft Orthodontic Group Participants at Original Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic, Lancaster, PA, February 2006
From left to right: W. Shaw, R. Long, E. Howard, M. Cohen, J. Daskalogiannakis, K. Russell, A. Mercado, R. Hathaway, G. Semb
Americleft Orthodontic Group Participants at Barrow Cleft and Craniofacial Center, Phoenix, AZ, 2014
From left to right: R. Hathaway, R. Long, W. Shaw, A.. Smith, J. Daskalogiannakis, G. Semb, S. Beals, K. Russell, P. Beals, T. Sitzman, C. Muller
What We've Been Working On
Current outcome assessments have focused on outcomes previously shown to be of value in enabling comparison of dental arch relationship, nasolabial appearance, skeletal morphology, and results following alveolar bone grafting. Efforts have included not only comparisons of results following a wide range of differing protocols and procedures, but also attempts to refine and improve current outcome measures for improved reliability, validity and applicability. Recently, emphasis has also included assessment of patient satisfaction with orthodontic treatment, as well as the burden the treatment imposes on families.
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