Orthodontics of Children and Teenagers

Category: Orthodontics

Instructor(s): Bakr Rabie, Marco Rosa, Chris Chang, Derek Mahony

Course structure: Lessons: 9 lessons | Duration: 15 h 10 min

Course overview

This course will teach you to take a broader look at already existing familiar approaches to orthodontic treatment of children and adolescents.
In a course of 9 online lessons you will learn:
– Step-by-step protocols for maxillary expansion
– Treatment of open bite in mixed dentition
– The use of functional appliances for the treatment of skeletal class 2
– The use of braces for the treatment of class 2 (II subclass)
– Using mini-implants to treat young patients
– Using the 2*4 technique in children
– Detailed protocol for early treatment of impacted teeth
– Using facial skeletal growth prediction.
Recommended for: Orthodontists seeking to broaden their perspective on contemporary and evidence-based approaches to treating children and adolescents.

Curriculum

Lesson 1. Orthodontic treatment with mixed dentititon: analysis of 30 years of `traps` and `successes` (part 1)

• Lesson program:
• – Priorities in everyday orthodontics
• – Dunning Kruger effect
• – Invasice cervical root resorption (ICRR)
• – Evidence based orthodontics in 2020: what are the new relevant findings?
• – Treatment in mixed dentition: key points and new procedures
• – Orthodontics contests
• – Crowding treatment in growing patients
• – Clinical cases.
• Key takeaway: Recognize risks of overtreatment, avoid common pitfalls, and identify the most efficient treatment path.

Lesson 2. Orthodontic treatment with mixed dentititon: analysis of 30 years of `traps` and `successes` (part 2)

• Lesson program:
• – Сephalometric analysis before treatment planning
• – Crowding treatment in mixed dentition (non-extraction treatment)
• – Open bite treatment in mixed dentition
• – Dentofacial orthopaedics and growth prediction in growing patients
• – New trends and procedures: are we on the right way? How to approach the new challenges?
• – Clinical cases.
• Key takeaway: Strengthen diagnostic skills and confidently integrate growth prediction into treatment planning.

Lesson 3. Interceptive orthodontics

• Lesson program:
• – Preventive orthodontics: principles and benefits
• – The principle of growth modification: devices and recommendations
• – Diagnosis and prognosis of treatment
• – Methods of limiting the vertical growth of the upper jaw
• – Elastic traction: indications and contraindications
• – Reduction of the upper jaw: methods and principles of treatment
• – Hypercorrection: prevention of relapse
• – Creating space for teeth: principles and techniques
• – The deficit of the middle third of the face: tactics and principles of treatment
• – Sequential tooth extraction: Clinical tips
• – Devices for combating bad habits: advantages and disadvantages
• – Preparation of the alveolar ridge for implant placement.
• Key takeaway: Gain the tools to intercept malocclusions early, using growth modification and preventive protocols.

Lesson 4. Use of functional appliance to correct the skeletal class II

• Lesson program:
• – Evidence-based approach to treatment using functional appliance
• – The degree of extension of the lower jaw: influence on the result and duration of treatment
• – Methods of extending the lower jaw: indications
• – The mechanism of provoking growth: biological and histological aspects
• – Ihh protein: Role in mandibular development
• – Herbst appliance: biomechanical aspects of operation, structure and indications
• – Degree of Ihh release: depending on the method of mandibular extension
• – Optimal values of the lower jaw extension
• – Manufacturing and stocking of the Herbst appliance: recommendations
• – Re-activation of the Herbst appliance: methodology.
• Key takeaway: Understand the biological principles of mandibular growth and optimize use of functional appliances.

Lesson 5. Correction of class II Malocclusion in young people

• Lesson program:
• – Methods of class 2 Malocclusion
• – Biological aspects of functional devices in adults
• – The role of mechanical stress in the development of the lower jaw
• – Growth modification in adult patients
• – Age limit for treatment with functional appliance for adults
• – Herbst appliance and surgical treatment: comparison
• – Bracket systems in pathology of class 2 Malocclusion: features, recommendations, sequence of actions
• – Treatment due to dental alveolar changes: methodology
• – Tips, mini-implants in the treatment of adults: indications and methods.
• Key takeaway: Learn how to select between functional, mechanical, and surgical solutions for Class II cases.

Lesson 6. Early orthodontic treatment

• Lesson program:
• – Systematic diagnostic approach
• – Principles of early orthodontic treatment
• – Problems of early orthodontic treatment
• – When early orthodontic treatment is required
• – Conditions for early orthodontic treatment
• – Early orthodontic treatment planning
• – Elimination of bad habits leading to the occurrence of malocclusion
• – Using the technique 2 * 4. Detailed protocol
• – Detailed protocol for early treatment of impacted teeth
• – Use of palatal expancion in early orthodontic treatment
• – Centric relationship control
• – Clinical cases.
• Key takeaway: Apply structured approaches to early intervention and long-term stability.

Lesson 7. Functional appliance MARA for class II treatment

• Lesson program:
• – Functional appliance mechanism of work
• – At what age should we use it?
• – Which appliances should we use?
• – How should we use them?
• – Functional appliance MARA design
• – Functional appliance MARA mechanism of work
• – Indications for use MARA
• – MARA. Detailed usage protocol
• – Recommendations for the doctor and patient
• – Сlinical cases.
• Key takeaway: Confidently implement MARA therapy in clinical practice.

Lesson 8. Treatment of malocclusion in primary dentition

• Lesson program:
• – Malocclusion formation. Mechanism
• – Malocclusion formation. Bad habits
• – Treatment principles of malocclusion in primary dentition
• – OSA and bruxism in children
• – Recommendations for the treatment of bruxism
• – Сlinacal cases.
• Key takeaway: Address malocclusions and functional issues in primary dentition to prevent later complications.

Lesson 9. Facial skeletal growth prediction

• Lesson program:
• – Growth prediction. Methods
• – Maxillary development
• – Maxillary expantion: Does it work? Is it stable? When should we commence expancion? What rate should we expand? Which appliance is best?
• – Maxillary expantion and extractions elimination.
• Key takeaway: Integrate growth forecasting and expansion strategies to optimize treatment outcomes.