In the editorial of an issue of The Angle Orthodontist, entitled ‘The state of
our specialty’, the editor-in-chief, Sheldon Peck, describes some tendencies in
modern orthodontics. He depicts some aspects which he sees as threatening
for orthodontics. Certain present attitudes and situations are not only
considered to damage the reputation of the orthodontic specialty, but also of
the orthodontist and of the orthodontic specialty education. Peck is warning
for the consequences and risks of commercialisation in orthodontics as well as
for the poor level of the evidence based clinical practice in orthodontics.A
number of his grieves specifically apply to the United States, others can be
recognized in the European context too.
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