Webinar course: TADs + Aligners

- Established dogmas for the сlass III correctionSkeletal Class III malocclusions are usually treated with extensive orthodontics and orthognathic surgery after completion of active growth. Conservative treatment (without orthognathic surgeries) requires a broad range of tooth movement in 3D.

- Class III correction using a TADsTemporary Anchorage Devices (TADs), placed between the roots of teeth, are of limited value for moving the entire dentition, relative to its apical base of bone. However, extra-alveolar TADs, placed in the extra-alveolar bone of the maxilla and mandible, provide anchorage for extensive dentofacial orthopedic corrections, in both growing children and adults. Many skeletal Class III malocclusions can be effectively managed without orthognathic surgery.

- Demonstration of clinical examples of the conservative management of severe class III malocclusions.

Several popular minor surgeries that can either shorten treatment time or fine tune the results, will be proposed and demonstrated in the lecture.

We will talk about such manipulations as:- gingivectomy (esthetics)- crown lengthening procedures(gummy smile correction)- open-window technique(palatal impaction)- VISTA(upper labial impaction).

These surgical techniques are simple to learn and easy to execute. With the enhancement of these quick surgeries you can bring your orthodontic results to a whole new level. This is a topic that every orthodontist shouldn’t miss!

- Clinical philosophy of using TAD in combination with alignersTADs can provide a stable and efficient anchorage to facilitate bodily movements, such as forced eruption and mesialization that are particularly challenging for aligner treatment. They are also very effective in molar uprighting and impaction treatment.

- Clinical use cases and strengths of the combination of aligners + TADIn this lecture various cases will be presented to illustrate how TADs can be incorporated in different stages of aligner treatment to transform challenging cases into easy ones by taking advantages of aligners’ strength in pushing and TADs in pulling. Aligners and TADs, a winning combination that you must learn to master!