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 in orthodontics is defined as a way of resisting movement of a tooth or number of teeth by using different techniques. Anchorage is an important consideration in the field of orthodontics as this is a concept that is used frequently when ...

and adult orthodontics.

Life and career

Birthe Melsen was born in

Aabenraa Aabenraa (; , ; Sønderjysk: ''Affenråe'') 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 was the seat of Sønder ...

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in 1939. She received her dental degree in 1964 from

Aarhus University Aarhus University ( da, Aarhus Universitet, abbreviated AU) is a public research university with its main campus located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Gr ...

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 (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...

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. She has published a textbook called ''Adult Orthodontics'' in 2012.

Awards

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

, 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 Orthodontics is a dentistry specialty that addresses the diagnosis, prevention, management, and correction of mal-positioned teeth and jaws, and misaligned bite patterns. It may also address the modification of facial growth, known as dentofacial ...

* 2004 - President, European Orthodontic Society

References

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