Twin Block and TransForce: Online Course From the Creator

Category: Orthodontics

Instructor(s): William J. Clark

Course structure: Lessons: 4 lessons | Duration: 6 h 27 min

Course overview

TwinBlock and TransForce: Online Course From the Creator
Online course on protocols for using TwinBlock and Transforce appliance from the creator!
The lecturer presents a comprehensive approach to orthodontic treatment of all malocclusions using TwinBlocks and TransForce appliance. He will also share his achievements in functional dentistry and orthodontics.
During the course you will learn:
– detailed Сlass 2, Сlass 3, open bite and crowding treatment protocols using TwinBlocks
– indications and contraindications for the use of TwinBlocks and TransForce appliance
– treatment of malocclusions in the early mixed dentition
– treatment of adults with invisible orthodontics
– TransForce Expanders. Work protocol.

Curriculum

Using TwinBlocks in the treatment of malocclusion

• Lesson program:
• – Fixed appliances vs Functional appliances
• – Orthodontics, Orthopedics or Surgery
• – Functional appliances:
• Twin Blocks
• Invisible (aesthetic) Twin Blocks
• Monoblock
• Breathe easy Twin Block
• Clark Twin Blocks
• Sagittal Twin Blocks.
• – Treatment of clinical cases:
• Class 2 Division 1
• Class 2 Division 1 with crowding
• Maxillary protrusion
• Severe Class 2 Division 1
• Class 2 Division 2
• Buccally displaced canines
• Class 2 Division 1 subdivision with a proclined incisor
• Class 2 Division 1 subdivision with a retroclined incisor
• Class 2 Division 2 with crowding
• Labial segment crowding.
• – Reactivation of Twin Block
• – Muscle and bone adaptation
• – Combination therapy: fixed appliances and functional appliances
• – Support phase.
• Recommended for: Orthodontists.

Reversible TwinBlock and alternative jaw growth stimulation techniques

• Lesson program:
• – Extra-oral traction
• – TwinBlock traction technique
• – Using of vertical elastic
• – Vertical growth patterns
• – Reverse TwinBlock (for Сlass 2 malocclusion)
• – Occlusal screws for Сlass 3 malocclusion
• – Alternative techniques for maxilla growth stimulation:
• Rapid Palatal Expansion
• Reverse pull face mask.
• – Reverse TwinBlock or Reverse pull face mask?
• – Phases of cervical vertebrae formation
• – Advantages and disadvantages of malocclusion treatment in mixed dentition
• – Treatment of malocclusion: single phase or two phases
• – Extraction or non-extraction therapy
• – Treatment of clinical cases:
• Anterior open bite
• Class 3
• Class 2
• Crowding
• Adentia of the two lower incisors.

TransForce Transversal Expander for the treatment of malocclusion

• Lesson program:
• – Twin Block application
• – Fixed Twin Blocks:
• Characteristics
• Indications
• Clinical cases.
• – Invisible TransForce:
• Characteristics
• Advantages and disadvantages
• Indications
• Mechanism of action
• Clinical cases.
• – Selecting the size of transversal appliances
• – Alternative techniques: disadvantages:
• Rapid Palatal Expander (RPE)
• Hyrax appliances
• Nitinol Palatal Expander.
• – Treatment of a young adult patient using:
• Fixed Twin Block and Fixed appliances
• TransForce and Fixed appliances.
• Recommended for: Orthodontists.

TransForce Sagittal Expander for the treatment of malocclusion

• Lesson program:
• – TransForce Sagittal Expander:
• Indications
• Characteristic
• Selecting the right size
• Fitting Protocol
• Treatment planning
• Clinical case selection.
• – TransForce Transverse expander:
• Indications
• Characteristic
• Clinical case selection
• Application examples.
• – Protocols for the treatment of patients with malocclusion:
• Class 2 malocclusion
• Class 3 malocclusion
• Bimaxillary retrusion
• Displaced canines
• Dental asymmetry.
• Recommended for: Orthodontists.