Soft tissue management during orthodontic treatment: an ortho-perio approach

Soft tissue management during orthodontic treatment: an ortho-perio approach

Category: Orthodontics

Instructor(s): Jean-Marc Dersot

Course structure: Lessons: 6 lessons | Duration: 5 h 58 min

Course overview

Comprehensive training for periodontists and orthodontists on effective soft tissue management throughout the entire orthodontic treatment process, from diagnosis to post-brace support.

On the course you will learn:

Course lessons

Lesson 1: 8 signs of periodontitis: diagnosis for orthodontics

• Orthodontics & microbiota
• Periodontal consequences of orthodontic treatments
• Differential diagnosis between gingivitis and periodontitis
• Understand the periodontitis infectious model
• The 8 signs of periodontitis
• The 6 risk-factors of periodontitis
• Clinical implication in orthodontics.

Lesson 2: Optimizing the periodontal conditions around impacted upper and lower canines. Introductory lesson

• The palatal canines: risks
• The prerequisites before the periodontal exposure surgery of an impacted tooth
• Differences and indications of open and closed surgeries
• Surgeries for the upper and lower canine: the surgical decision tree
• Skeletal anchorage for canine traction
• Moving impacted teeth though and with the periodontium
• Mandibular canines: classification of Mupparapu.

Lesson 3: Optimizing the periodontal conditions around impacted upper and lower canines

• The palatal canines: risks
• The prerequisites before the periodontal exposure surgery of an impacted tooth
• Differences and indications of open and closed surgeries
• Surgeries for the upper and lower canine: the surgical decision tree
• Skeletal anchorage for canine traction
• Moving impacted teeth though and with the periodontium
• Mandibular canines: classification of Mupparapu.

Lesson 4: Optimizing the periodontal conditions around impacted teeth

• Impacted maxillary central incisor and odontoma: diagnosis and treatment planning
• Low and mid maxillary central incisors: tactics
• High maxillary central incisor: clinical case
• Impacted upper and lower premolars: treatment protocols
• Impacted 2nd lower and upper molar
• The prerequisites before the periodontal exposure surgery of an impacted tooth
• Differences and indications of open and closed surgeries
• Surgeries and anchorage for tooth movement of the impacted tooth
• Surgical decision trees applied to the different group of impacted teeth.

Lesson 5: Maxillary lateral incisor agenesis & implant

• Lateral incisor ideal width determination: Bolton index
• 3D implant position
• Osseointegration and aging: clinical cases
• Orthodontics and 3D implantology: diagnosis and treatment planning
• Risks of the single implant in the anterior maxilla
• Bonded bridges: advantages and indications
• The optimal conditions for implant in the anterior maxilla
• Zirconia cantilever bonded bridge: advantages.

Lesson 6: Gum recession and surgical root coverage. Before, during or after orthodontics?

• Etiologies of gum recession: initiating factors
• Miller's classification
• Root coverage and clinical based decisions
• The decision tree for root coverage techniques:
• Coronally advanced flap (CAF)
• Laterally sliding flap (LSF)
• Free gingival graft (FGG)
• Connective tissue graft (CTG).
• One incision technique: video demonstration
• The conditions for successful root coverage
• Determining the timing of surgery: before, during or after orthodontic treatment.

Who is this course for?

This online course is designed for dentists and dental professionals interested in orthodontics, clinical decision-making and evidence-informed dental practice.