Birte Melsen (born 9 June 1939) is an orthodontist from Denmark. She was the past President of European Orthodontic Society in 2004 and has made significant contributions in the field of orthodontics with her research, publishing about 350 papers in scientific journals on topics related to

Anchorage (orthodontics) Anchorage a medical term in orthodontics Orthodontics (also referred to as orthodontia) is a dentistry specialty that addresses the diagnosis, prevention, management, and correction of mal-positioned teeth and jaws, as well as misaligned bite pa ...

and adult orthodontics.

Life and career

Birthe Melsen was born in

Aabenraa Aabenraa (; , ; South Jutlandic: ''Affenråe'', also known as Åbenrå) is a town in Southern Denmark, at the head of the Aabenraa Fjord, an arm of the Little Belt, north of the Denmark–Germany border and north of German town of Flensburg. It ...

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

in 1939. She received her dental degree in 1964 from

Aarhus University Aarhus University (, abbreviated AU) is a public research university. Its main campus is located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Group, the Guild, and Ut ...

in Aarhus, Denmark. Melsen specialized in orthodontics in the year of 1971 and received her orthodontic certificate in 1974 from Royal Dental College. She became Head of Department of Orthodontics at the same college in 1975 and is currently serving at that position. Melsen also works as part-time at a private practice in

Lübeck Lübeck (; or ; Latin: ), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Lübeck (), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 220,000 inhabitants, it is the second-largest city on the German Baltic Sea, Baltic coast and the second-larg ...

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. She has published a textbook called ''Adult Orthodontics'' in 2012. Melsen and co-workers in Denmark, designed the Aarhus Mini-Implant (Medicon eG, Tuttlingen, Germany. ScanOrto A/S, Charlottenlund, Denmark) and furnished scientific evidence for the possibility of immediate loading of mini-screw implants.Melsen B, Costa A. Immediate loading of implants used for orthodontic anchorage, Clin Orthod Res 2000; 3: 23–28.

Awards

Order of the Dannebrog The Order of the Dannebrog () is a Denmark, Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V of Denmark, Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the Order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single cla ...

, 1st degree, 2000 * Robert Strange Award in Orthodontics, 1986 * Jarabak Scholarship, 1986

Positions held

* 1976 - President, Scandinavian Orthodontic Society * 1984 - President, Nordic Orthodontic Society * 1988 - President, Danish Orthodontic Society * 1989 - President, Third International Symposium on Dentofacial Development, Aarhus, Denmark * 1990 - Vice-president, European Orthodontic Society Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark * 1993-96 vice-president of International Symposium on ComprehensiveManagement of Craniofacial Anomalies * 1994-97 President of the Danish Orthodontic Society * 1994 - Associate Editor of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research * 2004 - President, European Orthodontic Society

References

Orthodontists 1939 births Living people People from Aabenraa {{dentistry-stub