Orthodontics for Children and Teenagers
Orthodontics for Children and Teenagers
Course overview
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.
Lecturers will teach you to take a broader look at already existing familiar approaches to orthodontic treatment of children and adolescents.
Course lecturers – 4 leading orthodontists in Italy, Taiwan, Australia and China – Marco Rosa, Chris Chang, Bakr Rabie and Derek Mahony.
What you will learn
- Apply growth prediction methods to inform timing and modality of orthodontic interventions in children.
- Design and implement maxillary expansion protocols including appliance selection and initiation timing.
- Plan early interceptive strategies for open bite and mixed-dentition crowding with stepwise protocols.
- Select and integrate mini-implants and 2×4 mechanics into treatment plans for young patients.
Course lessons
Lesson 1. Orthodontic treatment with mixed dentititon: analysis of 30 years of `traps` and `successes` (part 1)
Priorities in everyday orthodontics
Dunning Kruger effect
Invasive 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.
Questions that this lecture will help answer:
1. Learn how to recognize the risk of over-treatment
2. Learn how to avoid the traps in orthodontics
3. Learn how to recognize the shortest way.
Lesson 2. Orthodontic treatment with mixed dentititon: analysis of 30 years of `traps` and `successes` (part 2)
Cephalometric 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.
Questions that this lecture will help answer:
1. Learn how to recognize the risk of over-treatment
2. Learn how to avoid the traps in orthodontics
3. Learn how to recognize the shortest way.
Lesson 3. Interceptive orthodontics
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.
Lesson 4. Use of functional appliance to correct the skeletal class II
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.
Lesson 5. Correction of class II Malocclusion in young people
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.
Lesson 6. Early orthodontic treatment
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 expansion in early orthodontic treatment
Centric relationship control
Clinical cases.
Lesson 7. Functional appliance MARA for class II treatment
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
Clinical cases.
Lesson 8. Treatment of malocclusion in primary dentition
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
Clinical cases.
Lesson 9. Facial skeletal growth prediction
Growth prediction. Methods
Maxillary development
Maxillary expansion:
Does it work?
Is it stable?
When should we commence expansion?
What rate should we expand?
Which appliance is best?
Maxillary expansion and extractions elimination.
Why Choose This Orthodontics for Children Course?
First, this course makes orthodontics for children clear and practical. Also, four top doctors share their own protocols. Then, you see real cases from start to end. So, you can plan each young patient with care.
Second, you learn interceptive orthodontics for children in mixed dentition. For example, you see how to treat open bite early. In addition, you learn class 3 orthodontics for children and class 2 cases. As a result, you choose the right time to treat.
Third, the course covers orthodontic braces for children and teens. Besides, it shows mini-implants and the 2x4 technique. Therefore, your orthodontics for children work gets better. Finally, your young patients get stable results.
What You Will Get
- Clear steps for maxillary expansion.
- Tips to use functional appliances.
- A plan for impacted teeth in kids.
- Growth prediction made simple.
Also, you can watch it at home. Then, you can watch it one more time. So, you will feel sure at each step. Besides, the videos are clear. Plus, it is good for your whole team.
Moreover, the course is long and full. In fact, it has many real cases. Next, you can try each step on your own patients. Above all, you will make fewer mistakes. Thus, kids and parents will be happy. Now, it is your turn to start.
For this reason, many doctors love this course. Likewise, many clinics use the same ideas. Of course, you can share it with your team. Similarly, students can learn a lot from it. Even so, the steps stay easy. Hence, you can start today. Afterwards, you can watch the hard parts again. Overall, it is worth your time.
In short, the course gives you a full map. Indeed, each lesson builds on the last one. First of all, you learn the base rules. After that, you see the clinic cases. Later, you try the steps on your own. Meanwhile, you can ask your team for help. In the end, you will feel more sure. For sure, your work will get better.
Because of this, the course is a good choice. Still, it is easy to follow. In fact, you can learn at your own pace. Likewise, you can stop and go back. Besides, the price is fair. Also, you keep the videos. So, why wait? Then, start your first lesson now.
