David Di Biase
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David Domenic Di Biase | |
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| Born | 1935 Cleft lip and palate |
| Awards | Chapman Prize Clifford Ballard Medal |
David Domenic Di Biase (1935–2001) was a British
Education
Di Biase studied dentistry at
Dental career
In 1971 he was appointed Consultant Orthodontist at Southend Hospital. He relinquished sessions in
He gained a significant reputation, publishing and lecturing widely on orthodontics, and developing ideas such as ‘The Southend Clasp’, which is now in wide use throughout the speciality. His other particular interest was in dento-facial orthopaedics for cleft neonates.
Besides his clinical commitments, he played an important political role in
David also served on national organisations, being an elected member of the General Dental Council and he sat on the Standing Dental Advisory Committee Orthodontic Review Group.
In his personal life Di Biase had three passions, his family, art and rugby football. As a rugby player he played for ‘King’s College Hospital', ‘Saracens’ and the Royal Air Force.