Clinical governance

Over the past 3 years, we have carried out a number of audit projects designed to improve our service and standard of treatment in the Centres. These projects have included:

• The rate at which patients fail appointments and the effect this may have on their treatment and the operation of the practices. Click here for details.
• How frequently fixed appliances break and whether we can do anything do to reduce this happening. Click here for details.
• Reducing the rate of unnecessary radiation exposure to patients. Click here for details.
• Quality of radiographs we take. Click here for details.
• The success rate of functional appliance treatment. Click here for details.
• Duration of orthodontic treatment. Click here for details. We are currently auditing treatment with a totally different type of fixed appliance and early results are suggesting that this will significantly reduce average treatment times – watch this space!
• The severity of treatment need of the patients we treat. Click here for details.
• The standard of treatment currently provided. Click here for details.