Dr. Sunjay Suri Orthodontist, BDS, MDS, MOrth RCS (Edinburgh), DNB, DIBO, FRCDC, FACD, FICD
Dr. Sunjay Suri has been providing orthodontic treatment to children, teens, and adults since 1995. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada and is registered as a certified specialist in orthodontics with the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. He also has an M Orth of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (UK) and is a Diplomate of the National Board of Examinations in orthodontics, New Delhi, a Diplomate of the Indian Board of Orthodontics, and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists and a Fellow of the International College of Dentists.
Dr. Suri and team members are committed to providing excellent clinical care to every single patient he treats. A collection of images describing some of the different orthodontic problems treated by Dr. Suri is included below.
After graduating with the best graduate gold medal in his Bachelor of Dental Surgery studies in 1995, Dr. Suri completed his orthodontics education and training at the esteemed Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India in 1998, where he was the recipient of the Kataria Memorial Gold Medal, the most prestigious medal awarded to a postgraduate student selected from students from all branches of medicine and dentistry. He then completed advanced craniofacial orthodontic fellowship training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA in 2000 and the clinical orthodontic fellowship at Canada’s renowned Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, in 2001. In 2006, he accepted a faculty position at the University of Toronto and at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. In 2015, he was appointed as the head of the Discipline of Orthodontics and graduate specialty program director of orthodontics. Dr. Suri is a tenured professor of orthodontics at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, and staff orthodontist at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, where he provides orthodontic treatment to children with severe malocclusions.
Dr. Suri has received numerous academic and clinical awards in his professional career, including the American Society of Association Executives’ prestigious Gold Circle Award for authoring the Best Scientific Article published by any professional association in North America, and the Dr. Prem Prakash Memorial Award for the Best Treated Case presented at the board certification examination to the Indian Board of Orthodontics.
Dr. Suri’s work has been published in internationally renowned scientific journals including the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, The Angle Orthodontist, Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research, the European Journal of Orthodontics, Journal of Orthodontics, Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, Journal of Craniofacial Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He also serves on the editorial review boards of several internationally reputed peer-reviewed journals.
Orthodontic Case Studies
This large space between the protruded upper incisor teeth and an underbite of the molar teeth due to a narrow upper arch in a 13-year-old was treated by Dr Suri, using braces with arch widening as the protruding teeth were brought back to their correct position.
The large spaces between the upper and lower incisor teeth, with weakened periodontal support in a 41-year-old woman, were treated by Dr Suri by using tooth colored ceramic braces and gentle space-closing techniques. No surgical treatment was employed.
The large spaces between the upper incisor teeth, deep overbite (vertical overlap) of the anterior teeth, and a hidden tooth in the gum in this 11-year-old girl were treated with braces by Dr Suri by using alignment and bite opening techniques. No surgical treatment was employed.
This 12-year-old boy had crowding and a very deep overbite (vertical overlap) of the anterior teeth, which were treated by Dr Suri using alignment and bite opening techniques. No surgical treatment was employed.
The extremely severe crowding and deep overbite in this 20-year-old woman were treated by Dr Suri using braces, arch expansion, and bite opening mechanics, with the removal of the first premolar teeth to resolve the extremely severe crowding. No surgical treatment was employed.
This 11-year-old boy had severe crowding, deep overbite, a mismatch of the dental arch midlines, and an underbite of the posterior teeth on the left side. Dr Suri treated him with arch expansion and asymmetric arch correction, without extraction of any teeth. Jaw surgery was not employed in the treatment.
The severe crowding, blocked-out tooth, underbite, and mismatched midlines in this 15-year-old girl were treated by Dr Suri, using arch expansion and braces, along with the removal of the first premolar teeth, without having to use jaw surgery.
The severe crowding with two blocked-out teeth in this 13-year-old girl was treated by Dr Suri, using braces along with the removal of the first premolar teeth.
The severe crowding, blocked-out impacted tooth (arrow), underbite, and mismatched midlines in this 12-year-old girl were treated by Dr Suri, using arch expansion and braces, without extraction of any teeth. No surgical treatment was used.
The anterior open bite and protrusion of teeth in this 17-year-old girl were treated by Dr Suri, using clear ceramic braces, with the careful removal of the first premolar teeth. Jaw surgery was not used in the treatment.
This 11-year-old boy was at risk of trauma to his front teeth due to a very large overjet (horizontal overlap) and a very deep overbite, which were treated by Dr Suri using growth modification and braces, without extraction of any teeth and without having to use jaw surgery.
The very large overjet and deep overbite of the anterior teeth in this 13-year-old boy were treated by Dr Suri using Phase 1 growth modification treatment with specially designed, removable functional appliances, followed by Phase 2 treatment with fixed braces, without extraction of any teeth. Jaw surgery was not used in the treatment.
The very large overjet and deep overbite of the anterior teeth in this 13-year-old boy were treated by Dr Suri using Phase 1 growth modification treatment with specially designed, removable functional appliances, followed by Phase 2 treatment with fixed braces, without extraction of any teeth. Jaw surgery was not used in the treatment.
This 20-year-old man had severe crowding and an underbite of all his teeth, incorrect midline relationship, and a blocked-out upper right canine, due to a small and posteriorly positioned upper jaw and a large lower jaw. He was treated by Dr Suri using braces, along with the removal of upper first premolar teeth, in collaboration with orthognathic jaw surgery performed by an oral-maxillofacial surgeon.
