Orthodontics for growing patients: aligners, functional appliances, growth modification
Orthodontics for growing patients: aligners, functional appliances, growth modification
Course overview
Online course on orthodontic treatment of children and teenagers!
World-renowned orthodontists will give you treatment protocols for growing patients using:
aligners
functional appliances
palate expanders
growth modifications
serial extraction method.
Course lessons
Lesson 1. Palatal Expander Anchored on Deciduous Teeth in Mixed Dentition Indication, Tips and Tricks
Rapid Palatal Expander (RPE):
Rationale, Indications, Contraindications, Features and Effectiveness of using in mixed dentition.
Effects on untouched permanent teeth
HAAS, HYRAX and TADS
Anchorage:
on difficult deciduous teeth
with missing deciduous teeth.
Correction protocols:
Crossbite
Scissorbite
Crowding
Mandibular asymmetry.
Ideal timing of the clinical procedures
Overcorrection.
Lesson 2. The use of fixed and removable functional appliance in children
Twin block: theory of design, alternatives, advantages
Comparison of fixed and removable functional appliances
Modifying appliance design based on clinical сases
Predictable decision making
"Early" and Standart Twin Block
Treatment timing and clinical cases:
Class 2
Crossbite
Lateral open bite
Protrusion of upper anteriors
Protrusion of lower anteriors
Retroclined upper anteriors.
Transition of fixed appliences.
Lesson 3. Early intervention to make Non Extraction Orthodontics possible for Aligner Treatment
Challenges in ortodontic profession
Features of treatment in primary and mixed dentition
Advantages of treatment in mixed dentition
The first consultation of new patient:
Importance
Rules
3D Scanning.
Features of 3D Scan using for children
Creating treatment plan with Clincheck 3D control
Molar distalization or Mandibular advancement
Space closure alternative for missing incisors
Comparing Phase I: Traditional and Invisalign first approaches
Clinical cases:
Class 2
Class 3
Pseudo Class 3.
Lesson 4. Orthocraniodontics in the treatment of adolescents. Using the ALF appliance
Orthoraniodontics
A.L.F. appliances:
History
Basic structure
General principles of work
Types of A.L.F. and modifications.
Cranial strains and malocclusion: relationship
Inferior vertical cranial strain
Clinical cases of treatment of malocclusion in patients with cranial strains:
Patient examination
Diagnostic criteria
Appliances selection
Treatment plan
Results.
Lesson 5. Serial extraction methods. Early appliance ortodontic treatment
Early non-appliances orthodontic treatment
Hereditary tooth size - jaw size discrepancy
Orthodontic treatment strategies:
Waiting for growth
Arch development
Leeway Space Management
Serial tooth extraction.
Serial tooth extraction method:
Advantages and disadvantages
Typical step-by-step protocol
Patient selection
Clinical cases.
Very early appliances orthodontic treatment:
Indications
Mechanisms.
Very early orthodontic treatment methods:
Teeth selective grinding
Rapid Palatal Expander (RPE)
Elastics
Face mask.
Clinical cases of very early orthodontic treatment:
Crossbite
Class 3
Class 2.
Evaluation of immediate and long-term outcomes of serial extractions, late extractions, and early non-extraction treatments.
