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NEW! Hemisection: Facilitating the Orthodontic Correction of
Congenitally Missing Lower Second Premolars Speaker: William Northway, DDS, MS
When lower second premolars are missing, there are numerous treatment alternatives.
These are discussed as an easy and efficient way to affect space closure: hemisecting.
This presentation deals with clinical advantages, biometric implications,
alveolar management and response, biomechanics, anchorage and the impact on
the face.
Educational objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants should be
able to achieve the following:
- Understand the advantages of space closure and how to make it easy.
- Understand the biometric disadvantages that accompany agenesis of a lower
second premolar.
- Grasp the biological complications that can be avoided with attention to process
and timing.
- Save patients the cost and disadvantages of a prosthesis instead of a natural tooth.
- Approach the problem with an appreciation for an aesthetic result, one that
respects facial fullness while solving the partial edentulism.
Advanced Uses and Tips of the Forsus Appliance for the Class II Malocclusion Speaker:Robert Miller, DMD
This course will provide the clinician with tips to enhance the application of the
Forsus FReD device. The information in this presentation covers a variety of clinical
applications that go beyond the basic instruction video Unitek provides. Topics covered
include tips on how to reduce breakage and improve patient comfort. This presentation
will also introduce the X-bow appliance, a replacement for Herbst but has
the benefit of shorter treatment times.
Educational objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants should be
able to achieve the following:
- Gain tips on how to reduce breakage of the Forsus FReD device.
- Gain tips on how to reduce patient discomfort.
- Apply the Forsus in a self activating, easy to delegate connection to the archwire.
- Understand the Xbow, how it works and advantages over the Herbst appliance.
- Treatment plan a Class II case with Forsus as the engine to correct the discrepancy
in the best application for shorter treatment times and better long term results.
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orthodontic specialists. This is your chance to teach and learn from fellow orthodontists. Be part of it,
get involved! Come and share your knowledge with other orthodontic specialists through your own continuing
education course on Orthotown.com! For more information, please contact Dr. Rita Zakher,
Director of Continuing Education at rita@farranmedia.com or 480-445-9696. |