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Review of Case Materials
Reviews records, documents, testimony, data, and other relevant materials and consults with counsel regarding technical issues related to the matter.
Provide Expert Analysis
Applies specialized knowledge and experience to evaluate the technical or professional issues involved.
Form Expert Opinions
Develops independent, supportable opinions based on the available evidence and relevant standards.
Prepare Expert Reports
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The expert can examine the original diagnosis, bite and skeletal relationships, radiographs and photographs, treatment objectives, appliance selection, progress records, treatment modifications, referrals, and retention plan. Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics is the recognized dental specialty concerned with diagnosing, preventing, intercepting, and correcting malocclusion and related skeletal or neuromuscular abnormalities. Whether the evidence legally establishes dental malpractice remains a question governed by the applicable law.
A general dental expert may address diagnosis, restorative care, routine procedures, dental records, and general standards of dental practice. Orthodontic expertise is narrower and focuses on malocclusion, tooth movement, jaw relationships, braces, aligners, retention, and other orthodontic treatment. When the disputed care principally involves orthodontic diagnosis, tooth movement, appliance treatment, jaw relationships, or retention, appropriately qualified orthodontic expertise may be needed, while general dental expertise may remain relevant to broader dental-care issues.
Oral and maxillofacial surgical expertise may become important when an orthodontic treatment plan includes jaw surgery, management of impacted teeth, or a disputed surgical procedure. Some skeletal malocclusions cannot be corrected with orthodontic appliances alone and may require coordinated treatment between an orthodontist and an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. The orthodontist can address the orthodontic treatment plan and tooth movement, while the surgeon may be better suited to evaluate the operative procedure itself.
The condition of the gums and supporting bone can affect treatment planning and monitoring because orthodontic forces move teeth through their supporting tissues. Periodontal examination and imaging may therefore be important when there is preexisting gum disease, recession, bone loss, or another concern affecting tooth support. If the dispute centers primarily on periodontal diagnosis or treatment, separate Periodontics expertise may be appropriate.
Prepares clear, well-supported expert reports outlining methodology, analysis, findings, and opinions.
Provide Deposition Testimony
Explains findings and opinions under oath and responds to questioning during deposition testimony.
Testify in Court
Presents specialized findings and opinions clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, or other decision-makers.
Yes. Selected orthodontic treatment plans may incorporate extraction to create space or address particular bite or alignment problems. An orthodontic expert can assess the treatment-planning rationale, timing, space management, and effect of the extraction on the orthodontic course. When the allegation instead concerns how the tooth was surgically removed or a complication of the extraction procedure, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery or other appropriate dental expertise may be needed.
