 Gavin Power BDS MFDS MSc MOrth FOrth
Specialist in Orthodontics
Gavin qualified as a Dentist in 1996 at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He subsequently moved to the UK and worked as a general dental practitioner before
commencing a 3 year training programme in Orthodontics at Guy’s Hospital, London.
He obtained a Masters degree in Orthodontics together with Membership in Orthodontics (MOrth) from the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
After leaving Guy’s Hospital in 2004, Gavin decided to further his training, and was a senior registrar at the Eastman (UCL) and Kingston hospitals where he was awarded his Fellowship in Orthodontics (FOrth).
His special areas of interest include aesthetics in the orthodontic patient, child and adult, lingual orthodontics, multidisciplinary work (restorative, periodontal and orthognathic), and working with patients with cleft lip and palate.
Gavin is a member of the British Dental Association, the British Orthodontic Society, the World Federation of Orthodontists, and the American Association of Orthodontists. He is a consultant in Orthodontics at Wexham Park and Heatherwood hospitals, and a locum consultant at Northwick Park.
What is Orthodontics?
Orthodontics is a specialised branch of dentistry concerned with the growth of the teeth, jaw and face. It’s about making the best of your teeth, improving the harmony of your mouth and jaws and creating a natural, healthy smile.
The benefits of orthodontic treatment include long-term dental health, speech improvements and increased self- esteem from aesthetic improvements.
Problems that orthodontic treatment corrects in both adults and children include:
- Crowded teeth
- Protruded teeth
- Under bite
- Over bite
- Missing or extra teeth
- A disorder of the jaw joint
Orthodontic irregularities are generally treated with braces. However, this should not fill a prospective patient with dread. Technological advancements mean that braces today are less visible and far more aesthetically pleasing than they used
to be.
At Century Dental Clinic we use two leading unobtrusive systems, Incognito Lingual braces and The Clearstep System.
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