Orthodontics In Todays Dental Practice

16 Credit Hours per Session / Total of 64 hours

Speakers

Larry White, DDS, MSD
William E. Wyatt Sr., DDS, FACD, FICD

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Call 800-448-1601 between the hours of 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday through Friday CST, and use your credit card to register. 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, FACD, FICD

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.

Session I January 20-21, 2012

Morning Day One

Instrument distribution and familiarization

Wire bending exercises

Early Treatment

Follicular movement of teeth
Slicing of primary teeth to provide space
Serial extractions

Afternoon Day One

Diagnosis & Treatment Planning

Clinical examination
Cephalometric considerations (tracing exercises)
Visualized Treatment Objectives construction
Occlusogram construction and use

The Straight Wire Appliance and addendums

Lip bumper construction
Anterior and posterior bite block construction and use
Intrusion arch wires
Construction and use of the Big Daddy overlay wire

Morning Day Two

Wire bending exercises

Intrusion arch wires (continued)
Construction and use of the Big Daddy overlay wire (continued)
Direct and indirect arch wire construction
Step down arch wires
Rectangular arch wires
Intruding arch wires
Closing arch wires
Expansion and contracting arch wires
Torquing mechanics

Afternoon Day Two

Typodont work (hands-on and continued wire bending)

Extraction therapy

Arch wire construction for closing extraction spaces

Ribbon closing arch wires
Sliding mechanics
Tie back closing mechanics
Preformed closing arch wires

Session II MARCH 2-3, 2012

Morning Day One

Class II Therapies:

Mitchell appliance
Mandible anterior posturing
Class II elastics
Class II NiTi springs

Functional appliances:

Herbst
Forsus
SurForz
Mandibular Protraction Appliance
Carriere distalizer
MARA

Afternoon Day One

Class III therapies:

Facemask therapy
Nonsurgical techniques
Mandibular molar extraction therapies
Removal of mandibular incisor
Surgical techniques
Nonextraction strategies
Classical extraction 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)

Session III APRIL 27-28, 2012

Morning Day One

Coordinating TMD and orthodontic therapy

Palatal expansion, improvement of airway and the use of Rapid

Palatal Expanders

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:

Open bite retention
Closed bite retention
TMD retention
Class III retention
Class II retention
Dealing with impacted teeth
Dealing with ankylosed teeth
When to leave alone
When to remove them
Strategies for alignment

Afternoon Day Two

Fundamentals of Temporary Anchorage Devices:

Placement of TADs with typodonts

Orthodontic biomechanics

Session IV MAY 18-19, 2012

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:

Making changes with clear aligners
Using bracketless lingual bonding techniques
Combination retainers

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.