• Orthodontics Adult Fixed

  • Orthodontics Child/Teenager Fixed*

    * Up to 18 year of age.

Orthodontic case

This category includes Fixed Orthodontic treatments for children, teenagers (upto 18 years old) and adults.

Requirements

The jury anonymously evaluates the submissions in the category according to the following criteria:

  • Diagnosis and treatment plan

  • Orthodontic technique

  • Duration of the treatment

  • Occlusion

  • Photodocumentation

  • General treatment execution

Judging criteria

Case description

Submissions must include a short description of the clinical case in English, not longer than 6,000 symbols.

Descriptions must outline:

  • Diagnosis

  • Treatment plan

  • Materials that were used according to the treatment protocol

  • Short summary of the clinical case

General photo documentation guidelines

  • Removed saliva, plaque, food, crown-cement residue.

  • Use make-up when photographing the patient’s face.

  • The camera is centered at an appropriate angle.

  • Use a backdrop when necessary.

  • Retractors, mirrors and other elements must not be in the field of view.

  • Images must have good contrast, brightness and white balance.

  • Photos must be symmetric and cropped properly.

  • Objects in photos must be scaled appropriately.

  • Exclude any personal information, names and initials patient’s and dental professional’s).

Initial photo documentation (before treatment)

2. Full facial front, wide smile
• 1:10 magnification.
• Patient’s smile is wide and natural.
• Whole face is visible, the top of the hair and the bottom of the neck can be cropped out.
• Both dental arches are visible.
• Background shadows must be reduced.
• The philtrum and nose are centrally positioned in the frame.
• Patient’s head is straight up.
• Camera is levelled with the nose.
• Camera is oriented on the interpupillary line and the vertical midline of the face.
• Focus is on the teeth.
• Background is plain and undistracting.

1. Full facial front at rest – recommended image
• 1:10 magnification
• Whole face is visible, the top of the hair and the bottom of the neck can be cropped out.
• The interpupillary line is the horizontal midline of the image.
• Focus is on the eyes.
• Background is plain and undistracting.

3. Facial profile at rest
• 1:10 magnification.
• The right profile view, the hair must be away from the face.
• The face is at a ¼ distance from the edge of the image.
• The Frankfort horizontal plane is the horizontal midline of the image.
• Background is plain, without shadows

4. Frontal view, bite
• 1:2 magnification.
• Show as much of the gingiva and teeth as possible.
• The philtrum is centered.
• The incisal plane of the upper teeth is the horizontal midline of the image.
• Camera is levelled with the teeth.

5. Sagittal occlusal view – left and right (no mirror, bite)
• 1:2 magnification.
• Show the front teeth from the central incisor to the distal surface of the first molar, or more distally.
• Show as much of the gingiva as possible.
• Show as little of the retractors and lips as possible.
• The midline of the image is the midline of the canine.
• If possible, the incisal plane of the upper teeth is the horizontal midline of the image, if possible.
• Use a mirror.

6. Occlusal view of upper teeth
• 1:2 magnification.
• Use a mirror.
• Use a retractor.
• Crop the image to show as many teeth as possible.
• Camera is at a 45-degree angle with the mirror.

7. Occlusal view of lower teeth
• 1:2 magnification.
• Use a mirror.
• Use a retractor.
• The nose is not visible.
• Crop the image to show as many teeth as possible.
• Camera is at a 45-degree angle with the mirror.
• The tongue is not visible.
• Take the picture facing the patient. If you take the picture from behind the patient, it is recommended that they lie down.

During treatment

8. Smile – sagittal view
• 1:2 magnification.
• Natural smile.
• Slightly turned to make the central incisor visible.
• Image is centered on the lateral incisor and the canine.
• Background might be necessary.
• The nose, the top of the cheeks and the chin are cropped out of the image.

9. Please, include X- ray before obtuariation.

Clinical stage:
1. Prepped teeth.
2. Temporary restorations.

Laboratory stage:
1. Dental models.
2. Recommended: finished restoration on the model.

After treatment

Important

Submissions which deviate from the requirements and do not include all compulsory images will be disqualified and will not be allowed to participate in the contest.

Photo documentation is the main point of evaluation. The jury maintains that the quality of the submitted images relative to the photographic and dental guidelines is a decisive criterion in the evaluation of the submitted clinical cases.

Same photo documentation as in Before Treatment.

IMPORTANT! Please, upload x rays after treatment, including telerentgenography, cephalometric analysis and panoramic x-ray.