Webinar course on orthodontics: OrthoEvolution 2.0

- Introduction
- Embryological and anatomical jaws of maxillary growth
- MARPE background and history
- Transverse Tomographic Diagnosis: Penn Analysis
- Treatment of adults with transverse deficiency without MARPE (clinical cases): do´s and don’ts
- Rapid maxillary expansion in youngsters with transverse tomographic diagnosis (clinical cases)
- MARPE step-by-step (clinical cases):

      - tomographic diagnosis
      - choice of device (Mixed Devices, Moon and Power Expander)
      - planification (local placement and micro implants)
      - placement (pre, per and post care) and activation protocols
      - problems, how to solve?
      - orthodontics follow-up

- Tips&conclusions

– Intrusion Arch Mechanics to manage teeth that extruded due to loss of the periodontium

– Professor Rabie’s mechanics and wire design (live-demonstration of work on a typodont during a webinar)

– Regulation of differential torque control of intruded teeth

– Application of torque on TMA 17x25 rectangular wire

– Bone inductive agents will be discussed and evidence to their ability to regenerate bone, PDL and new cementum will presented.

Recommended for: Orthodontists.

– Achieving the perfect smile with gingival contour correction

– Application of torque to ensure thickening of the attached gingiva before and during extrusion (live-demonstration during a webinar)

– Autotransplantation protocol for periodontal tissue regeneration.

Recommended for: Orthodontists.

- Retention of treatment results
- The dependence of the retention plan on the ongoing orthodontic treatment
- Saving space for tooth extraction (clinical case demonstration)
- The final stage of orthodontic treatment and detail in order to obtain a stable result
- Evidence-Based Open Bite Treatment Protocol
- The use of mini implants and elastics in order to obtain a stable result
- Protocols to follow after maxillary expansion
- The value of excessive correction in obtaining a stable result
- Retention protocol after treatment of Class II by growth modifications 
- Retention protocol after treatment of Class II with an average angle
- The protocol for retaining High Mandibular plane angle Class II cases

- Informed consent of the patient before starting orthodontic treatment (identification of risk factors for root resorption. Conversation with the patient about these factors and the consequences of orthodontic treatment)
- Biological aspects of root resorption

- Predisposing factors to root resorption:

     1. Factors Related to Tooth Movements.
     2. Factors related to the shape of the roots.
     3. Factors related to Cortical bone thickness
     4. Factors related to Duration of treatment.
     5. Factors related to the degree of initial root resorption prior to starting Ortho treatment
     6. Factors Related to Genetic predisposition of the patient.

- Manipulations aimed at restoring tooth cement after resorption
- Invisalign treatment and external root resorption

- Pitts Top 14 aesthetic elements that are under the control of the orthodontist
- Smile Arc Protection (SAP) bracket positioning
- Torque selection, torque considerations
- Archwire sequences, Pitts active early concept
- How to use disarticulation and the Immediate Light Short Elastics (ILSE)
- Bioesthetics: Tooth recontouring, Interproximal reduction and Laser gingival recontouring
- Retention Protocols
- Case Studies: How to simplify and shorten the treatment of the various malocclusions

- How to determine insertion points for molar uprighting
- Making differential diagnosis between primary and secondary mesial angulation
- Understanding why we need molar intrusion for molar uprighting
- How to fabricate miniscrew assisted push spring on the chairside
- How to fabricate miniscrew assisted uprighting spring on the chairside

- Why we need to save natural tooth
- How to use `Drifthodontics`
- How to fabricate miniscrew assisted root spring on the chairside
- Active-passive combined molar protraction: why and how
- Strategic intrusion for better molar protraction - why

- Mandibular Retrognatie / class II (unilateral / bilateral)
- Distalization in the upper Molars (headgear effect)
- Mesialization in the lower jaw / space closure (aplasia of the 5s)
- TMJ dysfunction (condyle repositioning effect)
- Sleep apnea therapy
- An interdisciplinary approach in the treatment of TMJ dysfunction
- "Progressive bite jumping": indications, limitations
- Retention of orthodontic treatment results

- Introduction to orthodontic retention / relapse
- Anatomical, functional, dental, gingival and periodontal aspects
- The controversial influence of growth, TMJ, tongue, habit, dysfunction and respiratory system
- Retention aspects in diagnostics and therapy planning
- Occlusal retention criteria, accurate occlusal finishing as a stability factor
- Brackets or aligners, type and range of tooth movement in relation to Stability
- Retention protocol and stability prognosis for individual dysgnathias
- Ex versus non-Ex therapy in terms of stability
- The role of the wisdom teeth between myth and truth
- Physiological changes in the stomatognathic system (aging)
- Risk groups for retention
- Management of non-compliance patients
- Fixed and removable retention devices and retainers
- The bimaxillary "SARA retention concept"
- Digital and analog retainers
- Retention after dignathic surgery
- Retention after dental trauma
- Adjuvant and surgical retention measures
- Management of proclination of the lower incisors while class II treatment
- Relevant forensic and economic aspects
- Future horizons in orthodontics