16 Credit Hours per Session / Total of 64 hours
Larry White, DDS, MSD
William E. Wyatt Sr., DDS, FACD, FICD
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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.
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.
Morning Day One
Instrument distribution and familiarization
Wire bending exercises
Early Treatment
Afternoon Day One
Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
The Straight Wire Appliance and addendums
Morning Day Two
Wire bending exercises
Afternoon Day Two
Typodont work (hands-on and continued wire bending)
Arch wire construction for closing extraction spaces
Morning Day One
Class II Therapies:
Functional appliances:
Afternoon Day One
Class III therapies:
Morning Day Two
Handling mutilated malocclusions
Molar uprighting springs
Special torquing springs
Transposition of teeth
Group diagnoses and treatment planning
Afternoon Day Two
Group diagnoses and treatment planning (continued)
Morning Day One
Coordinating TMD and orthodontic therapy
Palatal expansion, improvement of airway and the use of Rapid
Treating skeletal and dental open bites
Afternoon Day One
Direct and indirect bonding (hands-on)
Special rotation mechanics and space closure
Morning Day Two
Retention strategies:
Afternoon Day Two
Fundamentals of Temporary Anchorage Devices:
Orthodontic biomechanics
Morning Day One
Review of topics and consultation on attendees’ patient diagnoses, treatment planning and therapies
Steal Ideas Shamelessly (Orthodontic pearls gathered over 50 years)
Afternoon Day One
Steal Ideas Shamelessly (continued)
Morning Day Two
Minor tooth movement:
Afternoon Day Two
Motivational techniques for orthodontic patients
Summary of topics covered, questions answered, techniques clarified, etc.
Dealing with transfer patients and professionalism
SCHEDULE: Registration is at 7:30 am. Class starts at 8:00 am and ends at 5:30 pm on both Friday and Saturday.
ATTENDANCE: Participants may attend all 4 sessions of this course or on a session-by-session basis.
MEMBERSHIP: Founded in 1975, the American Orthodontic Society is America’s largest orthodontic educational association for general and pediatric dentists. 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.
HOTEL INFO: Call the Crowne Plaza Addison @ 972-980-8877 to make your hotel reservations.
RECOGNITION: The American Orthodontic Society is an Accepted Program Provider of the American Dental Association. The formal continuing education programs of the AOS are accepted for FAGD/MAGD credit. A total of 64 hours will be granted for full participation in this course. 16 hours per session.

American Orthodontic Society is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.