Russian Journal of DentistryRussian Journal of Dentistry1728-28022413-2934Eco-Vector5527410.17816/1728-2802-2020-24-4-262-265Research ArticleThe main reasons for applying to the courts of patients who received orthodontic care in Saint Petersburg (retrospective analysis)TkachenkoT. B.gjd2212@mail.ruGaripovaYulia D<p>orthodontist</p>gjd2212@mail.ruBureau of Forensic Medical Examination, Ministry of Health of the RussiaDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics Saint Petersburg State Medical University named after akad. I.P. Pavlov, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation150820202442622651612202016122020Copyright © 2020, Eco-Vector2020<p>This article presents a retrospective analysis regarding the reasons for patients to undergo a forensic examination, while receiving orthodontic treatment in Saint Petersburg. The number of forensic examinations in orthodontics among all the dental complaints over the past decade has been determined, and the structure of these complaints and the conclusions of the expert commission have also been studied.</p>orthodontic treatmentforensic medical examinationspatientsортодонтическое лечениесудебно-медицинская экспертизапациенты[Proffit UR. Modern orthodontics. [Sovremennaya ortodontiya]. Moscow: MED-press-inform; 2006. (in Russian)][Aver'yanov SV, Zubareva AV. Influence of dental anomalies on the quality of life. [Vliyanie zubochelyustnykh anomaliy na uroven' kachestva zhizni]. Moscow: Ortodontiya; 2016: vol. 74, 2. (in Russian)][Kvesko RB, Kvesko SB. Imageology: Textbook. [Imidzhelogiya: Uchebnoe posobie]. Tomsk: Izdatel'stvo Tomskogo politekhnicheskogo universiteta; 2008. (in Russian)][Abolmasov NG, Abolmasov NN, Andreykin AB, Serdyukov MS. Forensic medical examination of dental care (retrospective analysis and actual data). Rossiiskii stomatologicheskii zhurnal. 2013;(6):33–6. (in Russian)][Mansur YuP. Orthodontic pathology as an aspect of the quality of life of adults. Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo meditsinskogo universiteta. 2015;(3):34–6. (in Russian)][Eliades T, Brantley WA. Digital planning and custom orthodontic treatment. European Journal of Orthodontics. 2018;40(1):113–4.]