Dr Luis Carrière obtained his dental degree from the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain in 1991. He then attended the University of Barcelona in Spain and received his MSc in orthodontics in 1994 and his doctorate in orthodontics in 2006. He was the recipient of the Joseph E. Johnson Clinical Award from the American Association of Orthodontists in 1995 and of a gold award for the Carriere Distalizer MB in the 2009 Delta Awards for Industrial Design, organised by the industrial design association of the Spanish association Fostering Arts and Design. Dr Carrière is on the review board of the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics and is a contributing editor of the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics. He lectures internationally and is a visiting professor at several university orthodontic departments throughout the world. He maintains a private practice in Barcelona.