Naeem Adam is a Specialist Orthodontist and Consultant Orthodontist with a clinical interest in temporary anchorage devices (TADs), orthodontic biomechanics and education.

He graduated with honours from Newcastle University’s School of Dental Sciences, receiving distinctions in both academic and clinical dentistry, alongside the Newcastle University Expeditions Scholarship and Pitt-Ford Prize. Following early posts in paediatric dentistry, restorative dentistry, and oral and maxillofacial surgery, he completed his specialist orthodontic training across Leeds Dental Institute, St Luke’s Hospital Bradford, and Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

Naeem provides a comprehensive range of orthodontic treatments and has developed particular expertise in the use of skeletal anchorage to manage complex clinical problems. His meticulous approach to treatment planning and clinical delivery has been recognised by the European Board of Orthodontics.

A committed educator, Naeem trains specialist orthodontists through his hospital consultant role and teaches on the orthodontic therapy programmes in Yorkshire and Northern Ireland. He has lectured at major national and international meetings, including the British Orthodontic Conference, FDI World Dental Congress, European Orthodontic Congress and World Orthodontic Congress. His principal teaching interests include TAD-supported biomechanics, clinical photography, and improving the quality and predictability of orthodontic treatment.

Naeem’s prize-winning research, involving more than 900 dental professionals, was the largest study of its kind and was published in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. He also serves on the editorial board of the widest read orthodontic journal in the UK: Orthodontic Update.

He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, a member of the World Federation of Orthodontists, European Orthodontic Society, and British Orthodontic Society, and a past Chair of the British Orthodontic Society’s Training Grades Group. He combines scientific rigour with practical clinical insight, aiming to give colleagues techniques they can apply confidently in everyday practice.