A clinician looks at facial growth

George Northcroft, whom this Lecture seeks to honour, was, in his day, one of the leading dentists of this country and was internationally renowned. He founded the British Society for the Study of Orthodontics, and was its second President. Perhaps his most lasting contribution was one of his few publications, his contribution to the volume of Dental Board lectures which were published under the title The Growth of the Jaws, Normal and Abnormal, in Health and Disease. He clearly understood the importance to the practising orthodontist of a knowledge of facial growth, a belief which I share. The purpose of this paper is therefore to attempt to summarize and comment upon present knowledge and belief on this subject.