Nigel Harradine will be reflecting on landmark innovations in orthodontics when he takes the stage at the British Orthodontic Conference in Manchester on 14-16 September.

Dr Harradine, one of the UK's best known and most thought-provoking lecturers in orthodontics over the last four decades, will be speaking on '40 years in orthodontics – what has changed?', a talk that is billed as his last major public presentation, and expected to attract many colleagues.

Dr Harradine will be embracing the conference theme of Back to the Future, discussing advances such as the journey from the early use of Begg brackets to self-ligation and from headgear to temporary anchorage devices. As well as describing ways in which treatment mechanics have changed, he will examine the way in which orthodontists have responded to innovations, comparing for example the reaction to the advent of the Straight Wire Appliance and nickel-titanium wires to the response to more recent innovations. He will observe that whilst not every new development is for the best, we are prone to linger too long in our comfort zones.

For more information on the Conference, visit www.bos.org.uk/BOC-Manchester-2017.