Overview

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Dento-Facial Orthopedics and Early Interceptive Orthodontics

Course I

Face the facts... more ortho cases are now being treated on a non extraction basis and at an earlier age by general dental practitioners. If you wish to develop the orthodontic side of your practice, this is the Course for you.

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Straightwire Therapy and The Delta Force Bracket System

Course II

This is an all new seminar using the latest advances in Orthodontic technology.

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The Bimler Elite® Cephalometric Analysis

Course III

The Bimler Elite® Cephalometric analysis is unique in respect of its ability to define individual patients´ skeletal and soft tissue discrepancies. You will learn how to trace your own Cephalometric x-ray, before then learning how to diagnose each factor of the completed tracing. Treatment planning is then made relatively simple.

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Fixed Appliance Therapy and Advanced Case Finishing Techniques

Course IV

There is something there for everyone, covering nearly every scenario you will come across when practicing fixed orthodontic therapy.
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Advanced Maxillofacial Orthopedics

Course V

This Seminar Is Constantly Updated With The Newest "State Of The Art" Appliances and Treatment Concepts.

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Diagnosis and Treatment of TMD Patients

Course VI

Anyone interested in T.M.J. who wants a comprehensive oversight of how to diagnose and treat these often difficult patients will find the course more than helpful.

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Advanced Light Wire Seminar (ALF & RN Sagittal Appliance)

2 Day Seminar

This special two day seminar will include: * Basic Alf design and adjustment * How to cease the ALF in conjunction with fixed appliance therapy * Unique variations of the ALF * The use and adjustment of the Sagittal Appliance Modifications of the RN-Sagittal.

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Maxillofacial Orthopedics and Orthodontics

The Course that has attracted over 100,000 dentists Worldwide!

Face the facts... more ortho cases are now being treated on a non extraction basis and at an earlier age by general dental practitioners. If you wish to develop the orthodontic side of your practice, this is the Course for you.

A series of removable orthopedic and functional appliances, designed to correct structural deformities prior to straightening teeth. It's easier than you think!

Dr Truitt´s step by step tuition, backed by over 2000 slides documenting numerous cases, will give you all the tools you need to begin treating cases immediately.

COURSE CONTENTS:

Friday

Concepts of Orthopedic treatment.
Defining the difference between a dental and skeletal malocclusion.
Cephalometric evaluation.
The importance of anchorage.

Saturday

Appliance selection, construction and activation: Schwarz; Jackson; Sagittal; Crozat; Bionator; Twin Block; Williams and others.
Case examples: Class I; Class II and Class III Malocclusions.
X-Bite correction, anterior and posterior.
Anterior open and closed bites.

Sunday

Appliance Therapy continued.
Cephalometric Evaluation continued.
Setting up your practice for marketing Orthopedics as a private option to standard NHS extraction therapy.
Self Evaluation Examination.
Introduction to Delta Force Fixed Appliance System.

Case evaluation classes are held break times and after each days lecture. You are encouraged to bring your study casts for assessment.

This is the most comprehensive post graduate Orthodontic course available. Hands on opportunities available throughout the three days with advice from experienced technicians from Triple O Dental Laboratories.

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Seminars are approved for 24 hours of C.E. credit

Cutting Edge Orthodontics

This is an all new seminar using the latest advances in Orthodontic technology.

16 Months treatment time using a Combination of A.L.F. Appliance and Delta Force Appliance

You will be taught:

The Delta Force Bracket (Appliance System will be explained in detail)
Thermal Activated Multi-gradient Arch Wires
Case Finishing
Retention
Hands on using the Typodont for Ligations and Arch Wire Changes
Non Extraction vs. extraction cases
Sliding Mechanics using: Elastics, Coil Spring, Power Tubing, Sliding Yoke, Class II Bow, Rick-A-Nator, Molar Distalising Springs, Arch Wire Locks, Chain Elastics, Rotating Wedge

State of the art Technology

Ligation Technique

You can control the movement of each individual tooth with this three in one bracket system.

Arch Wire Technology

Low Friction Bracket System

Allows you to start the case in .020 x .020 Thermal Multigradient Niti Arch Wires

Allows you to increase control for correcting rotations and additional torque

Allows you to finalise tooth position and anchor

You will learn...

Indirect Bonding

Mechanics

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Seminars are approved for 24 hours of C.E. credit

Comprehensive Bimler Elite® Cephalometric Analysis

For those of you who have attended Courses I and II, you will have been exposed to a small degree to the Bimler Elite® Cephalometric analysis. Lessons already learnt demonstrate why the Bimler Elite® analysis is unique when compared to other Cephalometric analyses. Its ability to identify a patient´s individual skeletal discrepancies allows you to concentrate on correcting problems which otherwise may have been missed. For example, all Class III malocclusions were thought to be caused by an oversized mandible and so often the only correction was to surgerize the mandible. Quite drastic measures when you consider it could actually be an under developed or retrognathic maxilla that is causing the problem!

The same principle can be applied in Class II cases. Even in some of the most severe Class II´s, the mandible can be measured as having a normal size!!..? until further investigation shows the entire mandibular complex including the tempro-mandibular joint, to be distally located due to maxillary entrapment. Relieve the entrapment and observe the mandible track forwards. These are only a couple of examples of being able to avoid surgical correction. Many more examples of how to balance a patient´s max /mand relationship as well as vertical balancing prior to straightening of teeth are demonstrated by Skip in his usual inimitable fashion. After all, the patient's profile and the location of the T.M.J. should be of paramount importance when considering any form of ortho treatment.

Dinner at locally situated, respected restaurants will be arranged on the Friday and Saturday evenings as this always makes for some interesting discussion.

One final thing to consider is, dentists who only attend or repeat courses I or II do not in general go on to treat as many cases as dentists who complete all five courses. All the courses are there for a reason and have been designed to gradually build on your existing knowledge little by little.

YOU WILL LEARN:

The Bimler Elite® Cephalometric analysis is unique in respect of its ability to define individual patients' skeletal and soft tissue discrepancies. You will learn how to trace your own Cephalometric x-ray, before then learning how to diagnose each factor of the completed tracing. Treatment planning is then made relatively simple.

How to trace and interpret the Bimler Elite® Cephalometric Analysis.
How to trace and interpret the Sassouni-Plus Cephalometric Analysis.
How to make and interpret T.M.J. radiographs (corrected transcranials, Towns, trans-orbital, posterior-anterior, sub-mental vertex, panoramic).
Basic T.M.D. diagnosis.
Evaluation of pre and post treatment records (You can document the progress of your patients).
Dental and medical insurance codes and how to successfully use them for more payment.

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Seminars are approved for 24 hours of C.E. credit

Fixed Appliance Therapy and Advanced Case Finishing Techniques

Following is a list of topics, which will be covered over the three days.

Friday

Delta Force Bracket System
Banding and Bonding Techniques:
Direct and Indirect
Forming Austenitic Arch Wires
Retainers, Fixed and Removable Positioners

Saturday

Auxiliary Attachments:

Intra & Extra Oral Mechanics
Chain Elastics
Class II Bow and Class II Mechanics
Sliding Yoke
Arch Wire Stops
Proclining Maxillary Incisors
Modifications for Open Bites
Class III Mechanics
“Hands On” Typodont Exercise (see enclosed information)

Sunday

Rick-A-Nator
Delta Force and A.L.F. Appliance combination treatment
Heat Activated Nickel Titanium Palatal Expanders
Critical Anchorage Cases
Extraction Cases, Class I and Class II
Extraction of Pre Molars and effect on Facial Esthetics
Air Rota Stripping
Extraction Cases, Mid-arch or Terminal Arch
Impaction Therapy
Molar Uprighting

Surgery:

Frenums
Third molars
Impacted canines
Supernumerary Teeth
Modern Dentistry – A Healing Profession?

As you can see from the Typodont Exercises below, there is something there for everyone, covering nearly every scenario you will come across when practicing fixed orthodontic therapy. Typodonts with bands and brackets are furnished Day 2 would also be an ideal opportunity to bring one or more of your auxiliaries, as trained Orthodontic nurses will demonstrate how they can be of enormous use to yourselves when bonding up patients. They will also learn how to do basic orthopaedic repairs.

You are also encouraged to bring to the course two cases with study models, cephalometrics, panarex and pictures, plus any on-going cases on which you would like Dr Truitt’s opinion.

TYPODONT EXERCISE

Note on the Typodont:

Identification of bands and brackets
Lingual cleats on molar bands
Convertible buccal tubes (brackets) on 1st molar bands
Elastic hooks on 2nd molar bands
Gingival placed Headgear tube on maxillary 1st molar bands

Chill and ligate .020 x .020 upper arch wire in standard triangle ligation.
Chill and ligate .019 x. 025 lower arch wire for maximum anchorage, and ligate lingual cleats of 1st and 2nd molars with .010 ligature wire.
Fabricate a Class II bow with stops and modify one side for an open bite.
Tie kobie hook on UR3.
Place NiTi retraction spring UR6 to pendulum on UR3.
Place a rotation wedge to correct mesial lingual rotated LR1.
Place a loaded coil spring between LL2 and LL3 to correct dental midline.
Tie power tubing to upper bicuspid to rotate the lingual of the tooth to the mesial-facial.
Fabricate and place a sliding yoke on the upper left side for unilateral dental Class II.
Place arch wire lock and molar distalising spring to distal drive LR7.
Chain elastic lingual cleat UL6 to UL7 to correct a mesial palatal rotated second molar greater than 45 degrees.
Treat a Class I, deep bite, division III.
Burn anchorage on the upper arch with Class III elastics.

Course Schedule

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Seminars are approved for 24 hours of C.E. credit

Advanced Dental Facial Orthopedics

» Learn The Latest Appliance Techniques

» Integrate Orthopedic and Orthodontics A.L.F. Therapy

» Reduce Treatment Time

» Improve Patient Compliance

This Seminar Is Constantly Updated With The Newest “State Of The Art” Appliances and Treatment Concepts. It Is An Easy Way For The Doctor and Staff To Stay Up To Date On All Of The Latest Advances In Diagnosis and Clinical Procedures.

COURSE CONTENTS:

Practical Solutions To Compliance Problems
Advanced Rick-A-Nator Therapy
A.L.F. Appliances
Chirodontics
Walters Twin Block Therapy & Adult Modifications
Ultra Block (Used For The Younger Developing Class II Patients).
Bionators. Semi Fixing In, Resetting & Adding Vertical Elastics
Variations In Clasps & Springs
Fixed Expanders Transverse & Sagittal
Distal Drivers
Nickel Titanium Fixed Expander
Quadhelix & Rapid Expansion Therapy including the Super Screw
Class III Mechanics Non-Surgical & Surgical Cases
Frankel III Appliance
Treatment of Cleft Palate Cases
Correction of “Gummy Smile Lines”
Snoring & Sleep Apnea Appliances
How To Use The Bimler Plus Cephalometric Analysis In Orthopedic Therapy
Excellent Self Evaluation Test Of All The Orthopedic Appliances, ie., Schwarz, 3D, Crozat, Sagittal, Williams, Bionator, Frankel III & A.L.F. Appliance
Marketing For Profitable Orthodontics
Analysis Of Your Own Patients Models During Break Times & At The End Of The Day.