COURSE SUMMARY:
In this course, the general dentist will receive detailed instruction as well as a hands-on portion on how pediatric dentists treat many common orthodontic problems with techniques that can be done in the office. Specific topics to be covered include:
- How to do an orthodontic exam and what that information means
- Primary vs permanent teeth ideal occlusion
- The preferred sequence of eruption of primary and permanent teeth
- Diagnosis and managing ankylosis of primary teeth and congenitally missing permanent teeth
- Diagnosing and early treatment of space management, anterior cross-bites, and posterior cross-bites
- Indications and contraindications for simple appliances such as maxillary expansion appliances, correcting single tooth maxillary lingual cross-bites, habit breaking appliances, and space maintainers
- The role of enlarged tonsils and airway issues in malocclusion
- Diagnosing common eruption problems from multiple panorexes
OBJECTIVES:
At the conclusion of this course, participants will learn:
- Understand the management and treatment of agenesis and ankylosis cases
- how to diagnose and treat anterior and posterior cross-bites and thumb/tongue
- habits
- Diagnose and treat common eruption problems by way of multiple panorexes
- Know the indications and contraindications for space maintainers
- Recognize when a case should be referred to the orthodontist
The Hands-on portion will include:
- An interactive session of diagnosing and interpreting eruption problems from multiple panorexes
- Placing bands and taking impressions for a space maintainer on a typodont and writing a prescription for each of the common interceptive appliances
