Early orthodontic treatment: when and how? Part 1

– Early treatment of malocclusion: 1st and 2nd phases

– Effective methods for treatment in mixed dentition

– Advantages of malocclusion correction without touching permanent teeth

– Diagnosis of the crowding in mixed dentition

– Clinical cases.

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.

– Treatment plan:

- Serial extraction

- Expansion

- Leeway.

– Ideal cases for serial extraction

– Non-extraction protocol

– Slicing of the deciduous teeth

– Ways of lower anterior crowding prevention

– Appliances for maxilla expansion

– Germectomy: timing, indications and contraindication, surgical treatment options

– Early correction of recession.

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.

– Types of expansion appliances:

- HAAS

- HYRAX

- E+TADS.

– Сomparison of HAAS and HYRAX

– Effects of untouched permanent molars

– RPE (Rapid Palatal Expander) anchored on Deciduous Teeth in the Mixed Dentition: rationale, indications and method:

- Management of the Posterior Crossbite

- Management of the Anterior Crossbite

- Anchorage in the absence of the Deciduous Teeth.

– Clinical cases and step-by-step protocols for treatment of:

- Crossbite on permanent molar

- Bilateral posterior crossbite

- Posterior and anterior crossbite

- Crossbite of upper incisors.

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.

– RPE in the absence of Posterior Crossbite:

- Slow Expansion

- Progressive Expansion.

– Transverse molar movements during growth

– Incisor`s crowding: clinical cases, treatment, timing.

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.

– Asymmetry: aspects, examination, expansion of the asymmetrical palate

– Class 2 subdivision types 1 and 2:

- Etiology

- Definition

- Diagnosis

- Treatment plan

- Clinical cases.

– Goals of treatment in mixed dentition.

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.

– Efficiency in every step: impression, lab-work and cementation

– Complications after using RPE

– Management of Decubitus Ulcers

– Anchorage (сementation):

- in cases with difficult deciduous teeth

- with missing deciduous teeth

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.

– Features of early treatment

– Skeletal effects

– Dentoalveolar compensations

– Class 3 correction:

- Science evidences

- Clinical evidences.

– Effectiveness and efficiency of treatment

– Predictable manipulation of the jaws

– Goals of class 3 treatment

– Overcorrection

– Protocols and timing of treatment.

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.

– Clinical cases of the open bite in mixed dentition:

- Diagnosis

- Early treatment

- Long-term results.

– Management of mandibular growth

– Dentoalveolar compensation

– Timing and guidelines of effective and efficient treatment

– Rules of early treatment

– Diagnosis and growth predictions.

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.

– Indication and case selection

– Orthopedic treatment in the mixed dentition

– Mandibular advancement after RPE in mixed dentition

– Facial profile

– Class 2 growth adaptations

– Clinical cases: step-by-step protocols of class 2 malocclusion treatment.

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.

– Goals of treatment

– Prevention of disputes and frustration

– Adaptation of treatment plan for parents

– Clinical cases of severe skeletal discrepancies in mixed dentition:

- Diagnosis

- Step-by-step treatment protocols

- Long-term results

- Complications and their management.

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.

– Etiology of missing teeth

– Missing second premolars:

- Diagnosis

- Clinical cases

- Step-by-step treatment protocols.

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.

– Ankylosis and infraocclusion of deciduous molars

– Adjacent teeth migration

– Impacted permanent molars:

- Diagnosis

- Clinical cases

- Step-by-step treatment protocols.

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.

– Traumatic loss of upper central incisor

– Autotransplantation

– Missing laterals incisors

– Clinical cases:

- Diagnosis

- Step-by-step treatment protocols.

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.

– Impacted canines: features of early treatment

– Dislocated canines

– Ways of space closure

– Multiple complex malocclusion: missing teeth, impacted teeth, persistent deciduous canines.

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.

– Functional unilateral posterior crossbite: characteristic, frequency, treatment, long-term results

– Predictable correction

– Timing of treatment.

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.

– Characteristic of airways and nasal bones expansion

– Infra-occluded first permanent molars and resorbed deciduous molars

– Scissor-bite of permanent molars and premolars

– Overcorrection

– Rational timing of treatment.

Recommended for: Orthodontist, General dentist.