Life and Education
- Attended Royal Dental Hospital in 1934
- Studied medicine at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School and graduated in 1940
- Became an orthodontist in Middlesex County in 1940
- Joined the Institute of Dental Surgery at the Eastman Dental Hospital as Head of the Orthodontic Department in 1948
Ballard Conversion Tracing
- Described a method for studying jaw relationship in the Antero-Posterior direction in 1951
- Used the axial inclination of incisor teeth to study the relationship
- Removed influence of soft tissues and dental compensation
- Permitted adjustment to the inclination of maxillary and mandibular incisors to their normal value
- Used incisor overjet as an indicator of the relative position of the maxilla to the mandible
Recognition
- Served as President of BSSO in 1957
- Received the Colyer Gold Medal from the Royal Dental Surgeon
- Recognized as a key figure in the history of orthodontics by the British Orthodontic Society
References
- Obituary: Professor Clifford Ballard (1997-07-24)
- Phulari, Basavaraj Subhashchandra. History of Orthodontics (2013-06-30)
- British Orthodontic Society Museum and Archive: History of Orthodontics - Key Figures - Clifford Ballard
- Cobourne, Martyn T.; DiBiase, Andrew T. Handbook of Orthodontics (2015-10-02)
- Naini, Farhad B. Facial Aesthetics: Concepts and Clinical Diagnosis (2011-01-14)
Clifford Ballard (26 June 1910 – 16 July 1997) was a British orthodontist. He became England's first Professor of Orthodontics in 1956. He served as the President of BSSO in 1957.
Clifford Ballard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 June 1910 |
| Died | 16 July 1997 (aged 87) |
| Education | Charing Cross Hospital Medical School |
| Known for | First Orthodontic Professor in England |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Dentist |
| Sub-specialties | Orthodontist |
