Online Orthodontic Course Curriculum

Three open lessons that explain what orthodontics really involves for a general dentist and what the online course covers.

• The truth about doing orthodontics as a general dentist
• Scope of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopaedics
• What to expect in the online orthodontic course

From the first conversation to the full record set. This section teaches you what to ask, what to examine and what to record.

• The important conversation: the consultation
• Relevant medical history
• Relevant dental history: general dental history and orthodontic history
• Clinical examination: extra oral examination (the all important face, smile concerns, profile weightage)
• Clinical examination: intra oral examination (the soft tissues, the dentition)
• The diagnostic records: X-rays and analysis (OPG, lateral cephalogram)
• The diagnostic records: models and scans, and analysis
• The diagnostic records: photographs and analysis

Case by case planning, so the records you collected turn into a clear treatment plan.

• Case 1
• Case 2
• Further worked cases

A practical starter kit, explained item by item.

• Bonding armamentarium
• Brackets, bands and tubes
• Wires
• Basic pliers and cutters
• Starter accessories

Where to place the bracket and how to make it stay, on ideal and less than ideal surfaces.

• Where to place the brackets
• Bonding on natural and healthy tooth surfaces
• Bonding on less than ideal tooth surfaces
• Bonding on different materials: metal, PFM, zirconia, e.max

The biology and the appliance history behind the system you will use every day.

• Biology of tooth movement
• Evolution of the orthodontic fixed appliance
• The straight wire appliance
• MBT philosophy

What is built into a bracket and how those choices change your treatment.

• Bracket design
• The slot debate

Staging the movements and getting the arch form right in the early phase of treatment.

• Staging the movements
• Getting the proper arch form: crowding
• Getting the proper arch form: rotations
• Getting the proper arch form: crossbites

Biomechanics explained so that unexpected tooth movement stops being a surprise.

• Biomechanics

How elastics are chosen, placed and managed.

• Elastics in fixed orthodontics

How growth pattern and face type change the way vertical problems are corrected.

• Effect of growth pattern and face type on vertical correction
• Management of deep bite
• Management of open bite

Orthodontic mini implants: the hardware, the anatomy and the force systems.

• Material and design
• Anatomy and clinical protocol: location
• Uses
• Biomechanics

Closing extraction spaces, understanding why cases stall, and a troubleshooting routine.

• Closing extraction spaces
• Why things go wrong
• Troubleshooting

The details that separate a finished case from a nearly finished one.

• Finishing and detailing
• Bends
• Understanding torque

Functional and myofunctional approaches for growing patients.

• Myofunctional

Aligner planning and case selection for general dentists.

• Clear aligners