Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced that for the third year running, a paper published in the UK's Journal of Orthodontics has won the European Federation of Orthodontics (FEO) Award. This is an accolade given to the authors of the paper judged to be the best of any published in the national journal of a FEO member society in the previous year.
The FEO award was created to recognise a scientific study that has made a significant contribution in research and clinical investigation and has advanced orthodontics. The Editors of the FEO's national journals choose to put forward the papers which they think most deserve the award. The paper, Elective orthognathic treatment decision making: a survey of patient reasons and experiences, is available to view free until the end of June via HighWire at http://jorthod.maneyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/34/2/113.
The paper chosen by the FEO judges reported a study of the reasons why patients decide to have jaw surgery carried out and of their experiences of jaw surgery. The authors are a collaborative team from the Dental Institute and the Clinical Psychology unit at Leeds University. The lead author, Jackie Stirling, undertook the research as part of her professional training in Clinical Psychology. She was supervised by Hilary Bekker from Clinical Psychology, and Jay Kindelan, David Morris and James Spencer from the Dental Institute. Their prime conclusions were that patients need better information in reaching the decision to proceed, and need more support during treatment.
The Journal of Orthodontics is the professional journal of the British Orthodontic Society. The journal seeks to promote high-level, scientific research into different treatment methods and techniques.
