Early orthodontic treatment: when and how?

Lesson 1. Treatment in Mixed Dentition without touching Permanent Teeth

• Early treatment of malocclusion: 1st and 2nd phases
• Effective methods for treatment in mixed dentition
• Advantages of malocclusion correction without touching permanent teeth
• Diagnosis of the crowding in mixed dentition
• Clinical cases.

Duration: 31 min

Lesson 2. Serial extraction in mixed dentition. Germectomy

Treatment plan:

• Serial extraction
• Expansion
• Leeway.

• Ideal cases for serial extraction
• Non-extraction protocol
• Slicing of the deciduous teeth
• Ways of lower anterior crowding prevention
• Appliances for maxilla expansion
• Germectomy: timing, indications and contraindication, surgical treatment options
• Early correction of recession.

Duration: 1 h 07 min

Lesson 3. RPE anchored on Deciduous Teeth in the Mixed Dentition: Rationale, Indications and Method. Introductory lesson

Types of expansion appliances:

• HAASHYRAXE+TADS.
• Сomparison of HAAS and HYRAX
• Effects of untouched permanent molars.

Duration: 29 min

Lesson 4. RPE anchored on Deciduous Teeth in the Mixed Dentition: Rationale, Indications and Method

Types of expansion appliances:

• HAASHYRAXE+TADS.
• Сomparison of HAAS and HYRAX
• Effects of untouched permanent molars

RPE (Rapid Palatal Expander) anchored on Deciduous Teeth in the Mixed Dentition: rationale, indications and method:

• Management of the Posterior Crossbite
• Management of the Anterior Crossbite
• Anchorage in the absence of the Deciduous Teeth.

Clinical cases and step-by-step protocols for treatment of:

• Crossbite on permanent molar
• Bilateral posterior crossbite
• Posterior and anterior crossbite
• Crossbite of upper incisors.

Duration: 1 h 07 min

Lesson 5. RPE in the absence of Posterior Crossbite: Rationale and Method

RPE in the absence of Posterior Crossbite:

• Slow Expansion
• Progressive Expansion.

• Transverse molar movements during growth
• Incisor`s crowding: clinical cases, treatment, timing.

Duration: 28 min

Lesson 6. Asymmetry/Class 2: treatment in primary and mixed dentitions

Asymmetry: aspects, examination, expansion of the asymmetrical palate

Class 2 subdivision types 1 and 2:

• Etiology
• Definition
• Diagnosis
• Treatment plan
• Clinical cases.

Goals of treatment in mixed dentition.

Duration: 55 min

Lesson 7. Unilateral posterior crossbite: etiology and treatment principles

• Functional unilateral posterior crossbite: characteristic, frequency, treatment, long-term results
• Predictable correction
• Timing of treatment.

Duration: 42 min

Lesson 8. RPE anchored on Deciduous Teeth in the Mixed Dentition: Complications, Tricks and Tips

• Efficiency in every step: impression, lab-work and cementation
• Complications after using RPE
• Management of Decubitus Ulcers
• Anchorage (сementation):in cases with difficult deciduous teethwith missing deciduous teeth

Duration: 38 min

Lesson 9. Scissor-bite. The relationship of the airways tract and malocclusion

• Characteristic of airways and nasal bones expansion
• Infra-occluded first permanent molars and resorbed deciduous molars
• Scissor-bite of permanent molars and premolars
• Overcorrection
• Rational timing of treatment.

Duration: 53 min

Lesson 10. Class 3 in mixed dentition: diagnosis and treatment

• Features of early treatment
• Skeletal effects
• Dentoalveolar compensations

Class 3 correction:

• Science evidences
• Clinical evidences.

• Effectiveness and efficiency of treatment
• Predictable manipulation of the jaws
• Goals of class 3 treatment
• Overcorrection
• Protocols and timing of treatment.

Duration: 1 h 09 min

Lesson 11. Open bite: skeletal and dentoalveolar forms

Clinical cases of the open bite in mixed dentition:

• Diagnosis
• Early treatment
• Long-term results.

• Management of mandibular growth
• Dentoalveolar compensation
• Timing and guidelines of effective and efficient treatment
• Rules of early treatment
• Diagnosis and growth predictions.

Duration: 32 min

Lesson 12. Skeletal class 2 in mixed dentition

• Indication and case selection
• Orthopedic treatment in the mixed dentition
• Mandibular advancement after RPE in mixed dentition
• Facial profile
• Class 2 growth adaptations
• Clinical cases: step-by-step protocols of class 2 malocclusion treatment.

Duration: 1 h 06 min

Lesson 13. Severe skeletal discrepancies in mixed dentition

• Goals of treatment
• Prevention of disputes and frustration
• Adaptation of treatment plan for parents

Clinical cases of severe skeletal discrepancies in mixed dentition:

• Diagnosis
• Step-by-step treatment protocols
• Long-term results
• Complications and their management.

Duration: 29 min

Lesson 14. Management of missing premolars in mixed dentition

Etiology of missing teeth

Missing second premolars:

• Diagnosis
• Clinical cases
• Step-by-step treatment protocols.

Duration: 1 h 01 min

Lesson 15. Management of impacted molars in mixed dentition

• Ankylosis and infraocclusion of deciduous molars
• Adjacent teeth migration

Impacted permanent molars:

• Diagnosis
• Clinical cases
• Step-by-step treatment protocols.

Duration: 38 min

Lesson 16. Management of missing incisors in mixed dentition

• Traumatic loss of upper central incisor
• Autotransplantation
• Missing laterals incisors

Clinical cases:

• Diagnosis
• Step-by-step treatment protocols.

Duration: 27 min

Lesson 17. Management of impacted canines in mixed dentition

• Impacted canines: features of early treatment
• Dislocated canines
• Ways of space closure
• Multiple complex malocclusion: missing teeth, impacted teeth, persistent deciduous canines.

Duration: 1 h 23 min