Educational Courses

Advanced Concepts and Techniques for the Orthodontic Practitioner

16 Credit Hours per Session / Total of 64 Credit House

Taught by Dr. Larry White, Orthodontist and
Dr. William E. Wyatt, Sr., General Dentist

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Call 800-448-1601 8:00 am to 5:00 pm cst, Monday through Friday and use your credit card to make your deposit and register for the course. This course fills every year and a prompt phone registration will assure your place in the class.

About Larry White, DDS, MSD
Dr. White is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontists and a Fellow in the American College of Dentists. He is a former Chairman of the Orthodontic Department at the University of Texas at San Antonio School of Dentistry. Dr. White has authored over 100 clinical articles, lectured in 35 countries, and was editor of the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics for seventeen years. His eclectic philosophy draws upon the best ideas available in orthodontic diagnosis, treatment planning and therapy to establish a set of principles that bring a comfortable degree of accuracy, certainty, and predictability to orthodontics.

About William E. Wyatt, Sr., DDS, FAGD
Dr. Wyatt is a general dentist who has limited his Hurst, Texas practice to orthodontics for 35 years. He has treated cases using a variety of techniques: removable appliances, conventional Edgewise and, for the past 22 years, Straight Wire®. He has added many innovations to create Straight-Wise Multi-Plus. Dr. Wyatt is a two-time recipient of the Cooley Award, presented by the Texas State Dental Society for his outstanding contribution to preventive orthodontics, and is a Senior Instructor and Diplomate of both the AOS and the International Association for Orthodontics.

Course Description
We invite both specialists and general practitioners to learn from Dr. White and Dr. Wyatt. Their focus will be on the rarely seen "tough" cases. They will present advanced treatment options for adults and children in full dentition with instruction on diagnosis, treatment planning, patient motivation, case finishing, and long-term retention. Dr. White will specifically address Class II therapy strategies, the Straight Wire appliance and where do we go from here?

Session Schedules

First Session (January 11-12, 2008)

Morning Day One
I. Orthodontic Diagnosis & Treatment Design
   A. Cephalometrics - brief review using current computer analysis software
   B. Diagnosis - will be a continuing part of all sessions
   C. Treatment Design - will also be woven into all sessions
II. Early interceptive and preventive orthodontics
   A. Functional problems
   B. Allergies, airway problems

Afternoon Day One
I. StraightWire appliance and instruments - past, present and future
II. Addendums to StraightWire appliance
A. Intruding archwires
B. Lip bumpers\

Morning Day Two
I. Realistic Patient Motivation
II. Other addendums to the StraightWire appliance
A. Bite blocks
B. “Big Daddy” archwires

Afternoon Day Two
I. Work with Typodonts (will be continued throughout sessions)
II. Practical Ideas (stolen shamelessly!)

Second Session (March 14-15, 2008)
Morning Day One
I. Contemporary mechanics for treatment of Class II malocclusion
II. Some other methods of treating Class II cases
A. “Mitchell” appliance
B. Posturing the jaw forward
III. The mechanics of dealing with various impacted teeth

Afternoon Day One
I. Class III correction
A. Head gear
B. Surgical correction
II. Non-surgical Class III correction

Morning Day Two
I. Archwire construction
A. Expanding arches
B. Use of springs in expansion
II. Striping teeth
III. Up-righting springs for molars and bicuspids

Afternoon Day Two
I. Continued work with Typodonts
II. Dealing with ectopic eruptions
III. Dealing with missing lower second
bicuspids
A “wire-bending” specialist will be at Day Two of Sessions II, III and IV for hands-on work throughout the day.

Session III (May 2-3, 2008)
Morning Day One
I. Dr. Charles Holt, noted TMD/TMJ practitioner will lecture on TMJ treatment
II. Ortho finishing of TMD Patients after splint therapy

Afternoon Day One
I. Retention of orthodontically treated TMD cases.
II. Bio-mechanics for orthodontic pratctioners

Afternoon Day One
I. Dealing with space or missing teeth
II. Closing space and opening space
III. Preparing space for implants
IV. Work on Typodonts and different wires used in various treatment designs

Morning Day Two
I. Construction and use of:
   A. Step-down archwires
   B. Intruding archwires
   C. Rectangular torquing archwires
II. How to place torque in archwire for individual teeth

Afternoon Day Two
I. Palatal Expansion
II. Palatal Expansion involving suture separation (up to age 30)
III. Continued work on Typodonts
Wire bending sessions are available

Session IV (June 27-28, 2008)
Morning Day One
I. Treating dental open bite cases - including retention of these cases
II. Treating skeletal open bite cases (high angle cases), including retention
A. Success rate very low
B. Surgery may be needed for satisfactory result in many cases

Morning Day Two - Final Day!
I. Lecture on various problem cases
II. Review cases brought by participants - presented so entire class can participate

Afternoon Day Two
I. Retention and more RETENTION
   A. Retention of Class II and Class III cases
   B. Retention of open bite and deep bite cases
   C. Retention of TMD cases
II. Review of any subject requested
Wire bending sessions are available

Schedule
Registration is at 7:30 am. Class starts at 8:00 am and ends at 5:30 pm on both Friday and Saturday.

Membership
Founded in 1975, the American Orthodontic Society is the world's largest association of general and pediatric dentists who practice orthodontics. In addition to our quality continuing education programs, the AOS provides many valuable membership benefits designed to make orthodontics an enjoyable and profitable part of your practice.

Recognition
The American Orthodontic Society is an Accepted Program Provider of the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of the AOS are accepted for FAGD/MAGD credit. A total of 16 hours will be granted for each session of this course.

Hotel Information
Call the Westin Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport at 972-929-4500 to make your hotel reservations.