Pediatric Orthodontics BASICS

Category: Orthodontics

Instructor(s): Arturo Fortini, Valentina Lanteri, Enrica Tessore, Alvise Caburlotto

Course structure: Lessons: 5 lessons | Duration: 4 h 34 min

Course overview

An introduction to orthodontics for children and teens.

Dr.

Arturo Fortini and his team are pleased to introduce Pediatric Orthodontics Basics, the first online course dedicated to orthodontics for children and teens.

This introductory training course focuses on a key aspect in modern orthodontics that targets young patients - from 3 years of age until the age of full tooth development.

The educational objective is to describe early diagnosis and treatment techniques and approaches, llowing the orthodontist to intercept, prevent and treat the developing problem, eliminate the cause, guide the growth of jaw and facial bones, and provide adequate space for incoming permanent teeth.

The bottom line in pediatric orthodontics is that malocclusion problems are generally easier to correct when diagnosed and treated early.

The specialist must therefore be able to:
-effectively recognize early signs that foreshadow pathological pictures
-correctly interpret the diagnostic plan and, consequently, the treatment plan
Topics:
-Prevention and treatment of "malocclusions" in children;
-The benefits of early orthodontic treatment;
-Cephalometric analysis in young patients;
-Interceptive orthodontics;
-Prevention and identification of anamnestic and clinical alerts.

Thanks to Pediatric Orthodontics you will get a deeper understanding of:
-The problems that need to be treated in pediatric age and those for which is suggested to wait for the end of physical growth;
-Modern diagnostic systems for young patients;
-The skeletal and dental diagnostic evaluations that can be obtained from the first visit with the latero-lateral teleradiography;
-Timing for the early diagnosis of "malocclusions";
-How to evaluate bad habits through diagnostic tests;
-Orthodontic protocols in development age;
-How to collect information on sagittal and vertical growth in the young patients.

Curriculum

Lecture 1: Introduction

• In this first introductory lesson, Dr. Fortini provides a complete and detailed view of the importance of Pediatric Orthodontics, covering the issues addressed in the course and the modern treatment options for young patients.

Lecture 2: Emergencies in Orthodontics

• This lesson will provide all the tools needed for the identification of "malocclusions" that require early treatment. The rationale of this type of treatment lies in the elimination of all possible interference with growth and development, in order to limit the risk of resorting to complex subsequent biomechanical treatments, and to prevent (or at least reduce) the progression of skeletal malocclusion, with subsequent risks of extractions and / or surgery.

Lecture 3: Smart Pediatric Cephalometrics

• This lesson aims to provide all the tools needed to learn how to use cephalometric analysis at an early age (even in deciduous teeth stage). The parameters seen as indispensable in order to elaborate a correct treatment plan, with particular attention to the variables related to the growth of the young patient, are addressed in this lecture. An important part of the lecture is dedicated to cephalometry "without ruler or protractor", therefore to the explanation of all the parameters that can be observed from the first visit and that can provide valuable information.

Lecture 4: Malocclusions: Prevention and Interceptive Treatment

• In this lecture the author will explore and deepen Interceptive Orthodontics, the basis and fundamental knowledge to early deal with patient at young age. The most significant aspects of early treatment will be investigated, with reference to the possibilities of orthopedic and functional correction in a simple, effective, efficient, comfortable, reliable and safe way, thus fulfilling the expectations of the young patient and the clinician.

Lecture 5: Bad Habits

• This lesson will provide all the tools to learn how to identify anamnestic and clinical alerts to prevent malocclusion caused by modifiable environmental factors, such as “bad habits”. The dynamics of breastfeeding, breathing, swallowing and chewing will be analyzed in detail. We will understand when these functions deviate from the physiological, how to do diagnostic tests and what orthodontists can do to avoid the aggravation of the consequences of harmful habits from an early age.