2024 Spring Comprehensive Basic Straight Wire Orthodontics Course For General and Pediatric Dentists

2024 Spring Comprehensive Basic Straight Wire Orthodontics Course For General and Pediatric Dentists is organized by American Orthodontic Society (AOS) and will be held from Mar 08 - Jul 21, 2024 at AOS Institute Event Center, Grapevine, Texas, United States of America.

Description:
Whether you’re a general or pediatric dentist, the Basic Straight Wire Course provides the foundational education you need to competently integrate straight wire orthodontics into your practice and treat 70% to 80% of current or prospective orthodontic cases.

In each dynamic three-day session, Dr. Bradford R. Williams, D.D.S., will facilitate two days of hands-on clinical lectures and a half-day of case reviews for your current or prospective orthodontic cases. By the end of this five-session series, you’ll know:

• How to diagnose and treat Class-I and Class-II malocclusions
• How to band and bracket teeth
• Diagnostic records that align with orthodontic standards of care
• The straight wire orthodontic appliance system
• Basic cephalometric analysis, diagnosis, and treatment planning
• How to practically incorporate orthodontics into your practice

What is Straight Wire Orthodontics?
Straight wire orthodontics utilizes straight wire appliances to strategically move teeth into their desired location using straight wire brackets and a series of pre-shaped archwires. Once flexed to fit into the bracket slots, the archwire will gradually return to its original shape and reposition bracketed teeth. Archwires are progressively changed until the desired occlusion is achieved. Along with providing consistent results, straight wire orthodontics requires little to no archwire bending and a shorter overall chair and treatment time for your patients.

Course Sessions:
Session - 1: March 8-10, 2024
Introduction to Straight Wire Orthodontics
Lecture
• The Financial and Practical Benefits of Incorporating Orthodontics into your Practice
• An Overview of this Course in Basic Orthodontics
• Examples of Cases You will be Treating after this Course
• Cephalometrics – Landmarks, Definitions and Diagnosis
• The Intro Cephalometric Analysis
• Understanding the Straight Wire Orthodontic Appliance System
• Understanding the Tip and Torque in the Straight Wire Bracket
• Necessary Records for Orthodontic Standard of Care
• How to Band and Bracket Teeth
• Diagnosing and Treatment Planning Your Cases
Demonstration
• Placing Separators

Exercises:
1. Bracketing Anatomical Teeth – Learning the Effect of Bracket Positioning on the Teeth
2. Banding & Bracketing the Clear Typodont – Learning Correct Bracketing Positions

Session - 2: April 5-7, 2024
Phase I – Early Treatment
Lecture
• Understanding the Rationale of the Straight Wire Series in Phase I or Interceptive Treatment
• The Pre-Fabricated Utility Archwire System
• Correcting Crossbites with the Nitanium Palatal Expander
• The Fixed Removable Lingual Arch & its Role in Phase I Retention
• Bending Customized Utility Archwires in Phase I Treatment
• Basic Cephalometrics
• Basic Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
• Diagnosing & Treatment Planning Your Cases

Exercises:
3. Palatal Expansion Using the Nitanium Palatal Expander (NPE)
4. Utility Archwire for Mixed Dentition – Pre-Fabricated
5. Utility Archwire for the Mixed Dentition – Bend Your Own
6. Fixed Removable Lingual Arch (FRLA)

Session - 3: May 17-19, 2024
Phase II – Comprehensive Treatment
Lecture
• Understanding the Rationale of the Straight Wire Series in Phase II or Comprehensive Treatment
• Treatment Mechanics & Coordinated Arch Development
• How to Open Bites and Keep Them Open
• More Basic Cephalometrics & Sim Model Analysis
• The Straight Wire Series for Class I Malocclusion
• Stainless Steel and Nitinol Archwires: What to Use and When
• Leveling, Aligning, and Correcting Rotated Teeth in the Dental Arches
• First, Second, and Third Order Bends in the Archwire
• Diagnosing and Treatment Planning Your Cases

Exercises:
7. .012 & .014 Nitinol Archwires – First Archwires in Phase II
8. .018 Nitinol Archwire with Figure 8 Ties
9. .020 Stainless Steel with Open Coil Spring, Accentuated & Reverse Curves, Step-In & Step-Out Bends
10. .016 x .022 Nitinol Archwires
11. .016 x .022 Stainless Steel Archwires with Power Chain, AC/RC, Buccal Root Torque & Individual Root Torque

Session - 4: June 21-23, 2024
Phase II – Comprehensive Treatment (Cont.)
Lecture
• Reviewing Phase I Sagittal and Transverse Appliances
• Treatment Planning in More Detail
• The Straight Wire Series for Class II Malocclusions
• Multi Distalizing Arch Appliance (MDA)
• The CD Distalizer, The EZ Distalizer & Other Distalization Appliances
• Closing Spaces and Retraction Mechanics
• More Basic Cephalometrics & Sim Analysis
• Diagnosing & Treatment Planning Your Cases
Demonstration
• Post MDA – .016 x .022 Nitinol – Recovering the U5s

Exercises:
12. MDA – Placing the Multi Distalizing Arch Appliance –Stainless Steel
13. Post MDA – .016 x .022 SS – Retracting the Pre-Molars & Retracting the Canines
14. Post MDA – .018 x .025 SS – Posts or Crimpable Hooks – Retracting the Anteriors

Session - 5: July 19-21, 2024
Finishing the Case
Lecture
• Review of Class I & Class II Treatment Mechanics
• Various Sagittal & Transverse Appliances
• Case Finishing Techniques
• Elastic Strategies
• Retention: What to Use and When• Clear Aligner Therapy & its Indications
• GP Orthodontic Practice Management
• More Basic Cephalometrics
• Diagnosing & Treatment Planning Your Cases
• General Review

Exercises:
15. Elastic Strategies
16. .018 x .025 SS Sectionals & Cross Arch Elastics
17. Retention with Bond-A-Braid

Dr. Brad’s attendees have the exclusive opportunity to enroll their front office staff in his “Managing Ortho in the GP Practice“ course during the 5th session.

100.0 CE Credits