Dr Usman Qureshi, BDS, MSc, MFDS, M.Orth RCS(Eng)

Profile

Usman Qureshi is a Clinical Lecturer and Specialist Orthodontist at the Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London on the Postgraduate Orthodontic programme. Usman studied Dentistry at the University of Manchester and completed his Specialist Training in Orthodontics at the Royal London. He was awarded his MSc. in 2007 and the Membership in Orthodontics and in 2008 from the Royal College of Surgeons England.

Usman has been involved in a number of clinical trials at the Royal London looking at the effectiveness of functional appliance therapy and has also been involved in research projects co-ordinated in specialist practice.

He is based at QMUL on a part-time basis with the remainder of his time in Specialist Practice. He has a particular clinical interest and experience in aesthetic orthodontic techniques such as Clear Aligners and Lingual Orthodontics with experience in digital orthodontics/dentistry.

Centre: Centre for Teaching and Innovation

Teaching

• Clinical Lecturer and supervisor on Postgraduate Orthodontic Training programme
• Lecturer on Straight Wire Today and Functional Appliance course, an annual course for postgraduates students nationally on the principals of Straight Wire and Functional Appliance therapy.
• Orthodontic Therapy training in Specialist Practice.

Research

Publications

Post-treatment cephalometric changes in adolescent patients with Class II malocclusion treated using two different functional appliance systems for an extended time period: a randomized clinical trial

Andrew T DiBiase, Luisa Lucchesi, Usman Qureshi, Robert T Lee

European Journal of Orthodontics, Aug 2019 cjz059, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejo/cjz059

Pain experience in adults undergoing treatment: A longitudinal evaluation.

Johal A, Ashari AB, Alamiri N, Fleming PS, Qureshi U, Cox S, Pandis N.

Angle Orthod. 2018 May;88(3):292-298.

A prospective cohort study assessing the appearance of retrieved aesthetic orthodontic archwires.

Collier S, Pandis N, Johal A, Qureshi U, Sharma PK, Fleming PS.

Orthod Craniofac Res. 2018 Feb;21(1):27-32.

An investigation of cephalometric and morphological predictors of successful twin block therapy.

Fleming PS, Qureshi U, Pandis N, DiBiase A, Lee RT.

Aust Orthod J. 2012 Nov;28(2):190-6.

An extended period of functional appliance therapy: a controlled clinical trial comparing the Twin Block and Dynamax appliances.

Lee RT, Barnes E, DiBiase A, Govender R, Qureshi U.

Eur J Orthod. 2014 Oct;36(5):512-21

Teledentistry for screening new patient orthodontic referrals. Part 2: GDP perception of the referral system.

Mandall NA, Qureshi U, Harvey L.

Br Dent J. 2005 Dec 10;199(11):727-9; discussion 723. Erratum in: Br Dent J. 2006 Jan 28;200(2):69. Quereshi, U [corrected to Qureshi, U].