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Dr. Reint Meursinge Reynders

DR. REINT MEURSINGE REYNDERS

DEGREES AND REGISTRATIONS

  • DDS. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1984
  • MSc. in oral biology. Northwestern University, Chicago, USA, 1987
  • Postgraduate certificate in orthodontics. Northwestern University, Chicago, USA, 1987
  • Postgraduate certificate in orthodontics registered by the Dutch specialty registry (NMT), 1988
  • DDS and postgraduate certificate in orthodontics registered by the Ordine Provinciale dei Medici Chirurghi e degli Odontoiatri di Milano (Registration number 713 on 13/02/1990) (First registered by the Albo degli Odontoiatri of Brescia on 26/10/1989)
  • MSc. in evidence-based health care, University of Oxford, UK, 2015
  • PhD. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2016

BIOGRAPHY

Clinical activity
Dr. Reint Meursinge Reynders has been working as a clinician in his practice limited to orthodontics in Via Matteo Bandello, Milan, for more than 25 years.

Evidence-based health care
Dr. Meursinge Reynders is passionate about providing individualized orthodontic treatment to his patients based on best evidence (evidence-based health care). He therefore obtained 2 degrees in this field, i.e., a MSc in Evidence-based healthcare at the University of Oxford (UK) and a PhD at the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) that focused exclusively on quality assessments and research syntheses of the orthodontic literature. His research in evidence-based healthcare at these universities has prepared him to conduct quality assessments of the scientific literature and identify best evidence for the treatment of his patients.

ABOUT

Teaching and research
Dr. Meursinge Reynders has been teaching clinical orthodontics at Northwestern University in Chicago and is currently a research associate at the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Amsterdam. He has lectured widely in North America, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Reint Meursinge Reynders has conducted his research at the University of Oxford (UK), Northwestern University (USA), and the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Currently he conducts meta-epidemiological studies with different research groups in Milan, Rome, and Amsterdam. He has published numerous clinical and meta-epidemiological studies.

Orthodontic Laboratory
An individualized orthodontic treatment plan also implies an individualized orthodontic appliance. During his specialty training in orthodontics in Chicago, Dr. Meursinge Reynders has been working in various orthodontic laboratories, where he learnt to construct any type of individualized orthodontic appliances tailored to the specific patient needs.

APPLIANCES

Editor e Peer reviewer
Dr. Meursinge Reynders has been an associate editor of the journal “Systematic Reviews” from 2018 till 2024 and will return to this position in the near future. Further, Dr. Meursinge Reynders is a peer reviewer for a wide range of biomedical journals.

CURIOSITY

After work
Besides moving teeth, Dr. Meursinge Reynders stays active as a tennis player, mountain biker, sailor, rower, and standup paddle boarder. He also is a passionate piano player. Bach, Schubert, and Busoni are his preferred composers.

 

A final note on Dr. Reynder’s last name
Dr. Reynders’s full last name is actually ‘Meursinge Reynders’. So if you find his name difficult to pronounce he actually helped you with the shortened version of just “Reynders”.

Dr. Reynders has published numerous orthodontic and meta-epidemiological studies in a variety of biomedical journals. His research focusses in particular on quality assessments of orthodontic and biomedical research. Under here we have listed his most recent publications (since 2015).

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS (SINCE 2015)

  • Meursinge Reynders RA, Ladu L, Ronchi L, Di Girolamo N, De Lange J, Roberts N, Plüddemann A. Insertion torque recordings for the diagnosis of contact between orthodontic mini-implants and dental roots: Protocol for a systematic review. Syst Rev. 2015 Apr 2;4(1):39.
  • Di Girolamo N, Meursinge Reynders RA. Deficiencies of effectiveness of intervention studies in veterinary medicine: a cross-sectional survey of ten leading veterinary and medical journals. PeerJ. 2016;4:e1649.
  • Meursinge Reynders RA, Ladu L, Ronchi L, Di Girolamo N, de Lange J, Roberts N, Plüddemann A. Insertion torque recordings for the diagnosis of contact between orthodontic mini-implants and dental roots: A systematic review. Syst Rev. 2016 Mar 31;5:50.
  • Meursinge Reynders RA, Ronchi L, Ladu L, Di Girolamo N, De Lange J, Roberts N, Mickan S. Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of orthodontic mini-implants in clinical practice: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev. 2016 Feb 5;5(1):22.
  • Meursinge Reynders RA, Ronchi L, Ladu L, Di Girolamo N, De Lange J, Roberts N, Mickan S. Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of orthodontic mini-implants in clinical practice: A systematic review. Syst Rev. 2016 Sep 23;5(1):163.
  • Meursinge Reynders RA. ‘Evidence-based knowledge creation on orthodontic mini-implants: ‘Why we know so little’. PhD thesis. October 2016. University of Amsterdam
  • Meursinge Reynders RA, Cacciatore G. No confidence that success rates of self-drilling and self-tapping insertion techniques of orthodontic mini-implants are similar. Evid Based Dent. 2016;17:111-113.
  • Di Girolamo N, Meursinge Reynders RA. Health care articles with simple and declarative titles were more likely to be in the Altmetric Top 100. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 May;85:32-36.
  • Meursinge Reynders RA. An introduction to systematic reviews and meta-analyses for the exotic animal practitioner. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2017 Sep;20(3):973-995.
  • Di Girolamo N, Giuffrida M, Winter A, Meursinge Reynders RA. In veterinary trials reporting and communication regarding randomization procedures is suboptimal. Vet Rec. 2017 Aug 19;181(8):195.
  • Meursinge Reynders RA and Ladu L. Mini-implants for orthodontic anchorage. Evid Based Dent. 2017;18(3): 82-85. doi:10.1038/sj.ebd.6401257
  • Meursinge Reynders RA, Ladu L, Di Girolamo N. ‘Contacting of authors by systematic reviewers: protocol for a cross-sectional study and a survey’. Syst Rev. 2017 Dec 6:249 DOI 10.1186/s13643-017-0643-z.
  • Meursinge Reynders RA, Ronchi L, Bipat S. Mini-implants in orthodontics: A systematic review of the literature. In Evidence-based orthodontics. 2nd Edition. Huang G, Richmond S, Vig KWL (editors). Wiley-Blackwell. May 2018. ISBN: 978-1-119-28991-3.
  • Di Girolamo N, Winter A, Meursinge Reynders RA. High and unclear risk of bias assessments are predominant in diagnostic accuracy studies included in Cochrane reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2018 Sep;101:73-78. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.05.001. Epub 2018 May 16.
  • Meursinge Reynders RA, Isaia L. Failure rates of palatal implants or mini-screws for orthodontic Evid Based Dent. 2019 Mar;20(1):9-11. doi: 10.1038/s41432-019-0010-0.
  • Di Girolamo N, Meursinge Reynders RA. On “authors’ knowledge” and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in rabbits. Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2019 Jul;60(4):371. doi: 10.1111/vru.12748. Epub 2019 Apr 12.
  • Steegmans PAJ, Bipat S, Meursinge Reynders RA. Seeking adverse effects in systematic reviews of orthodontic interventions: protocol for a cross-sectional study. Syst Rev. 2019 Apr 5;8(1):89. doi: 10.1186/s13643-019-1000-1.
  • Meursinge Reynders RA, Ladu L, Di Girolamo N. Contacting of authors modified crucial outcomes of systematic reviews but was poorly reported, not systematic, and produced conflicting results. J Clin Epidemiol. 2019 Nov;115:64-76. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.07.001. Epub 2019 Jul 8.
  • Steegmans PAJ, Di Girolamo N, Meursinge Reynders RA. Spin in the reporting, interpretation, and extrapolation of adverse effects of orthodontic interventions: protocol for a cross-sectional study of systematic reviews. Res Integr Peer Rev. 2019 December 19; 4: 27.
  • Meursinge Reynders RA, Isaia L. Social media and orthodontics: A commentary on a systematic review. Evid Based Dent. 2019 Dec;20(1):123-126
  • Di Girolamo N, Meursinge Reynders RA. Characteristics of scientific articles on COVID-19 published during the initial 3 months of the pandemic. Scientometrics. 2020 Jul 24:1-18. doi: 10.1007/s11192-020-03632-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32836530; PMCID: PMC7380499.
  • Meursinge Reynders RA. Views from around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic and dentistry: Is there a bright side? Evid Based Dent. 2020 Jun;21(2):39-41. doi: 10.1038/s41432-020-0106-6. PMID: 32591650; PMCID: PMC7317267.
  • Steegmans PAJ, Meursinge Reynders RA. Fixed orthodontic retainers and periodontal health. Evid Based Dent. 2020 Dec;21:146-149
  • Maranville RE, Popken AK, Meursinge Reynders RA, Brandão J, Di Girolamo N. Reporting quality of abstracts of veterinary randomized controlled trials. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2021 Feb 1;258(3):303-309. doi: 10.2460/javma.258.3.303. PMID: 33496621.
  • Van den Bosch MF, Wiepjes CM, Den Heijer M, Schoonmade LJ, Jonkman REG, Meursinge Reynders RA. Mapping evidence on the effects of gender-affirming hormone therapy on the hard and soft tissues of the craniofacial complex in transgender people: a protocol for a scoping review. Syst Rev 10, 109 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01668-8