Encyclopedia of the Planas concept: comprehensive training for orthodontists and dental technicians

Encyclopedia of the Planas concept: comprehensive training for orthodontists and dental technicians

Category: Orthodontics

Instructor(s): Orlando Santiago Júnior, Carlos De Salvador Planas

Course structure: Lessons: 10 lessons | Duration: 8 h 33 min

Course overview

Encyclopedia of the Planas concept — comprehensive online training for orthodontists and dental technicians! Thanks to the training, the “orthodontist-dental technician” team will receive a complete protocol for working with these appliances. Dental technicians will learn how to make various versions of the Planas appliance, and orthodontists will learn to select the appropriate appliance for the clinical situation and repair it themselves.

Course lecturers Carlos De Salvador Planas and Orlando Santiago Junior are leading followers of the legendary Pedro Planas.

Course lessons

Lesson 1: Neuro-occlusal rehabilitation: introduction

• Balanced occlusion: definition
• Introduction to neuro-occlusal rehabilitation
• Hanau laws: analysis
• Physiological occlusal plane
• Occlusal plane genesis.

Lesson 2: Neuro-occlusal rehabilitation. Planas appliances

• Physiology of mastication
• Development of the TMJ, bone tissue, tooth position, occlusal plane
• Planas appliances: principles
• Selective grinding
• Functional diseases of the TMJ.

Lesson 3: Physiology of mastication: Planas laws

• Physiology of mastication
• Neuro-occlusal rehabilitation: definition
• Planas Functional Masticatory Angles (PFMA)
• Central relation - centric occlusion - functional occlusion
• Law of minimum vertical dimension
• Planas laws of the development of the stomatognathic system.

Lesson 4: Therapeutic principles in neuro-occlusal rehabilitation

• Neuro-occlusal rehabilitation: indications
• Orthodontic treatment in the Planas concept
• Step-by-step orthodontic treatment protocols in the Planas concept
• Use of Planas appliances for orthodontic treatment
• Analysis of clinical cases of treatment of orthodontic patients.

Lesson 5: Orthodontic treatment in the Planas concept

• Protocol of the treatment of deep bite
• Protocol for the treatment of Class 3
• Planas appliances for the treatment of Class 3
• Open bite treatment protocol
• Protocol for the treatment of Class 2.

Lesson 6: Therapeutic Mandibular Posture Change (TMPC) with Planas Functional Orthopedic Appliances. Indications and Clinical Scenarios

• Biomechanics of the TMJ
• TMPC for retrognathia with positive overbite. TMPC in pro translation: parameters, limitations and laboratory construction
• TMPC for retrognathia with an open bite. TMPC in pro rotation: parameters, limitations and laboratory construction
• TMPC for unilateral posterior crossbite. TMPC with frontal blockage: parameters, limitations and laboratory construction
• TMPC for functional anterior crossbite. TMPC in retro translation: parameters, limitations and laboratory construction
• TMPC for prognathia. TMPC in retro translation without apparent rotation: parameters, limitations and laboratory construction
• TMPC for open bite. TMPC in rotation or wheel: parameters, limitations and laboratory construction
• TMPC for stimulation of arch development and occlusal plane maturation. TMPC with total freedom: parameters, limitations and laboratory construction
• TMPC for stimulation of asymmetrical development of the mandible. TMPC with partial freedom: parameters, limitations and laboratory construction
• Clinical and laboratorial parameters to conduct the mandible to the optimum stimulation for each malocclusion correction. Clinical cases analysis.

Lesson 7: Indirect Simple Planas Tracks (ISPT). Full Laboratory Protocols

• Indications for Indirect Simple Planas Tracks (ISPT)
• Therapeutic mandibular posture change (TMPC) and application of Indirect Simple Planas Tracks (ISPT)
• Step-by-step constructing Indirect Simple Planas Tracks (ISPT) appliance. Wire bending, frontiers and positions:
• Occlusal support
• Making and preparing the "H" form of the appliance
• Planas' Tracks inclination. The anterior and posterior reference.
• Acrylization: adaptation and retention of the wire arches
• The acrylic part of the appliance: grinding and polishing.

Lesson 8: Indirect Planas Compound Tracks (IPCT). Full Laboratory Protocols

• Advantages of Indirect Planas Compound Tracks (IPCT)
• Indications for Indirect Planas Compound Tracks (IPCT)
• Therapeutic mandibular posture change (TMPC) and application of Indirect Planas Compound Tracks (IPCT)
• Wire bending:
• Creation of occlusal support
• Creation of dorsal Arches
• Utilizing of telescopic tubes.
• Constructing and positioning Planas Tracks. Step-by-step demonstration of the laboratory procedures.

Lesson 9: Constructing Indirect Compound Planas Tracks with Equiplan

• Indications for application of Indirect Compound Planas Tracks (ICPT) with Equiplan
• The function of the Equiplan
• Step-by-step construction of Indirect Compound Planas Tracks (ICPT) with Equiplan:
• Positioning and dimensioning the Equiplan
• Application of the the telescopic tubes
• Constructing and positioning Planas Tracks
• Construction of the dorsal arches.

Lesson 10: Orlando Santiago System 4 (OSS4). The Indirect Planas Tracks and The Inferior Wave Bar Model

• Laboratory and clinical features of the OSS4 model
• Indications for the clinical application of OSS4 model
• Construction of a therapeutic mandibular posture change (TMPC) with the OSS4 model
• Wire bending and fabrication of:
• Occlusal support
• The inferior wave bar
• The inferior vestibular arch.
• Construction and positioning of Planas Tracks on the OSS4 model.

Who is this course for?

This online course is designed for dentists and dental professionals interested in orthodontics, clinical decision-making and evidence-informed dental practice.