Pitts Aesthetic Driven Protocols from A to Z

Category: Orthodontics

Instructor(s): Peter Csiki

Course structure: Lessons: 6 lessons | Duration: 9 h 33 min

Course overview

A complete training according to the modern protocols of Dr. Pitts. The lecturer, Dr. Peter Csiki, is one of the main followers of the famous orthodontist, Dr. Thomas Pitts.
During the 6 online lessons you will learn:
– protocols for working with the H4 and Pitts21 systems (the lecturer will consider the choice of torque, prescription and positioning of braces, arch sequences)
– the use of disarticulation
– lifehacks for using elastics
– The Pitts “Active Early” concept
– auxiliary stages of orthodontic treatment (tooth reconstruction, interproximal reduction, laser gingival contouring)
– the use of digital technology in the Pitts protocols.

Curriculum

Diagnosis and treatment planning according to Dr. Pitts

• Lesson program:
• – Aesthetics in orthodontics
• – Face driven treatment planning
• – Macroaesthetics: facial aesthetics
• – Miniaesthetics: smile aesthetics
• – Microaesthetics: aesthetics of the teeth
• – Diagnosis according to Dr. Pitts
• – 3D diagnostics: RGB system
• – 14 aesthetic elements by Dr. Pitts
• – Cephalometric analysis: detailed protocol
• – Сlinical case: working with H4 braces
• – Сlinical case: deep bite treatment.
• Recommended for: Orthodontists.

Protocols for working with H4 and Pitts21 systems. Prescription of the braces

• Lesson program:
• – Passive self-ligatiing system
• – The philosophy of Dr. Pitts
• – H4 system: application features
• – Pitts21 system: philosophy and application features
• – Prescription of the braces Pitts21
• – Torque control
• – Differences between the H4 and Pitts21 bracket system
• – Clear21 System
• – H4 and Pitts21 archwire sequences
• – Clinical case: using H4 in a teenager.
• Recommended for: Orthodontists.

Protocols for working with H4 and Pitts21 systems. Torque selection and positioning

• Lesson program:
• – Bracket positioning protocol according to Dr. Pitts. Smile Arc Protection (SAP)
• – Selection and effective torque control
• – Simplified torque selection by Dr. Pitts
• – Positioning for various malocclusion: deep bite, open bite
• – Adaptation of SAP protocol according to aesthetic needs
• – Flipping and flocking braces
• – Complex clinical case: orthognathic surgery vs H4
• – Clinical case: class 2 with severe protrusion.
• Recommended for: Orthodontists.

Disarticulation, Immediate Light Short Elastics

• Lesson program:
• – Pitts arch forms
• – "Active Early" protocol
• – Wide and standard arches: indications for use
• – Use of disarticulation
• – ILSE: the role of Immediate Light Short Elastics
• – Lifehacks in the use of elastics, depending on the malocclusion
• – Dfficult clinical case: the use of elastics and disarticulation
• – Clinical case: treatment of vertical incisal disocclusion.
• Recommended for: Orthodontists.

The Pitts `Active Early` concept. Retention

• Lesson program:
• – Pano-repo Adjust Case Management Appointment
• – 16 Keys of Pitts case management and finishing
• – Torque chain
• – The Pitts “Active Early” concept
• – Retention Protocols
• – Appliance for the retention of orthodontic results
• – Muscular Training Splint
• – Clinical case: treatment of a complex case of skeletal open bite.
• Recommended for: Orthodontists.

Auxiliary stages of orthodontic treatment: tooth reconstruction, interproximal reduction, laser gingival contouring

• Lesson program:
• – Tooth recontouring
• – Interproximal reduction
• – Instruments for tooth recontouring and interproximal reduction
• – Laser gingival contouring
• – Orthodontic treatment errors: aging considerations
• – Digital Smile Design and Pitts protocols
• – Using digital technologies in planning orthodontic treatment
• – Clinical case: tooth extraction vs Pitts protocols
• – Clinical case: orthognathic surgery vs Pitts protocols.
• Recommended for: Orthodontists.