Comprehensive Orthodontics and Craniofacial Orthopedics
Baltimore, Maryland (Near the BWI Airport)
Course Dates for 2011-2012
Session 1: Sept. 16-17, 2011
Session 2: Nov. 18-19, 2011
Session 3: Jan. 20-21, 2012
Session 4: March 30-31, 2012
Session 5: May 11-12, 2012
Doctors from the length of the Eastern Seaboard love attending this conveniently-located course! Located at the Four Points by Sheraton BWI, 7032 Elm Rd., Baltimore, MD 21240, phone 410-859-1717. Mention Dr. Chris Baker Seminars for a special discount. A free airport shuttle is provided. Don't miss out! To enroll, call the American Orthodontic Society at 1-800-448-1601.
Session 1: Sept. 16-17, 2011
Session 2: Nov. 18-19, 2011
Session 3: Jan. 20-21, 2012
Session 4: March 30-31, 2012
Session 5: May 11-12, 2012
Doctors from the length of the Eastern Seaboard love attending this conveniently-located course! Located at the Four Points by Sheraton BWI, 7032 Elm Rd., Baltimore, MD 21240, phone 410-859-1717. Mention Dr. Chris Baker Seminars for a special discount. A free airport shuttle is provided. Don't miss out! To enroll, call the American Orthodontic Society at 1-800-448-1601.
Change your life and the lives of your patients for the better! Dr. Chris' Comprehensive Orthodontic Course is a great course for GP and Pediatric dentists at every level of orthodontic experience. Learn the principles of the major fixed and functional appliances with application to all present and future systems. These foundational principles will also allow you to utilize the best clinical tools. Get predictable, consistent reproducible treatment options not limited by manufacturer's marketing. Learn the new and exciting principles of Interception Orthodontics with Dr. Chris' iOrtho™ techniques and prevent many problems found with young patients.
With more than 20 years' experience teaching orthodontics to GP and Pediatric dentists Dr. Chris knows how to equip YOU with the knowledge you need to treat patients effectively and grow your practice. This proven course gets dentists started successfully diagnosing and treating cases. It goes beyond the "cookbook" ortho course approach and creates solutions that will better benefit both the dentist and patient.
Registration
American Orthodontic Society membership is required. For AOS members, the seminar fee is $4,480 with a $500 discount if you pay in full by September 1, 2011. A $995 deposit is required at registration. $100 of the deposit is non refundable 2 weeks prior to the start of the course. Charge for assistants attending with a dentist: $1,800. A total of 80 hours: 53 hours lecture and 27 hours participation will be granted for this seminar. To register, please CALL 1-800-448-1601 between 8:30 AM and 5 PM CST, Monday-Friday.
With more than 20 years' experience teaching orthodontics to GP and Pediatric dentists Dr. Chris knows how to equip YOU with the knowledge you need to treat patients effectively and grow your practice. This proven course gets dentists started successfully diagnosing and treating cases. It goes beyond the "cookbook" ortho course approach and creates solutions that will better benefit both the dentist and patient.
Registration
American Orthodontic Society membership is required. For AOS members, the seminar fee is $4,480 with a $500 discount if you pay in full by September 1, 2011. A $995 deposit is required at registration. $100 of the deposit is non refundable 2 weeks prior to the start of the course. Charge for assistants attending with a dentist: $1,800. A total of 80 hours: 53 hours lecture and 27 hours participation will be granted for this seminar. To register, please CALL 1-800-448-1601 between 8:30 AM and 5 PM CST, Monday-Friday.
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Course Outline: Comprehensive Orthodontics and Craniofacial Orthopedics by Dr. Chris Baker
SESSION I: Getting started: Records, Examination and Structured diagnosis - Hands-on: ceph tracing and examination
A. Office systems for orthodontics
B. The orthodontic examination, including muscle palpations
C. The orthodontic patient
(1) The airway and its impact on childhood, growth, development, health, orthodontic treatment and adulthood
(2) Esthetics
D. Gathering orthodontic records
E. Cephalometric tracing
F. Ricketts cephalometric analysis
G. Your cases
SESSION II: Diagnosis, treatment planning and beginning treatment - Mechanics: bracketing on models, looped arch wire
A. Treatment planning and clinical considerations
(1) Review of “points and planes” measurements
(2) Skeletal classification and face typing
(3) Convexity in the frontal dimension
(4) Skeletal age vs. chronological age
(5) Airway and posture
(6) Profile and facial pattern
(7) Dental classification
(8) Problem analysis
(9) Use treatment planning checklist with sample case, side-by side on PowerPoint
B. Mega concepts
(1) Class I, Class II, Class III
(2) Skeletal vs. dental problems
(3) Facial type and impact on treatment
(4) Extraction vs. non-extraction treatment
C. Bracketing teeth
(1) Placement
(2) Sequence
(3) Bracketing cements
D. Typodonts: Crowding treatment mechanics - Looped arch wire
E. Your cases
SESSION III: Case selection, Class I treatment, limited primary and transitional dentition treatment, transverse discrepancies - Mechanics: sectional, utility, and full arch wires
A. Case selection - focus on Cl I crowded and mild Cl II
B. Expansion – Maxillary Expanding Appliances
C. Primary and transitional dentition treatment
(1) Phasing treatment – Phase I and Phase II
(2) Habits
(3) Crossbites
(4) The young Class III patient: Chin sling and facemask treatments
(5) When to consider extractions of primary canines: Make your life easier, your patients’ lives better and reduce risk of canine impactions
D. Typodonts - Full arch straight wire - Wire bending: sectionals and Utility Arch Wires
E. Your cases
SESSION IV: Understanding mechanics; early development of joints and occlusion, inter-arch A-P discrepancies, vertical discrepancies - Mechanics: distalizing cuspids, closing spaces
A. Isolating MX vs MD etiologies
B. Class I tx
C. Class II tx
D. Challenges in mechanics: Anchorage - Friction - Deepbites & biteplates - ARS - Distalizing molars
E. Typodonts: canine retraction and contraction utilities
F. Your cases
SESSION V: Detailing the case and Retention - Mechanics: detailing wire, closing wire
A. Case finishing and detailing - Root angulation - panoramic radiograph
B. Retention - Retainer designs - Use of retainers
C. Typodonts - Detailing wire - Closing wire
D. Your cases
SESSION I: Getting started: Records, Examination and Structured diagnosis - Hands-on: ceph tracing and examination
A. Office systems for orthodontics
B. The orthodontic examination, including muscle palpations
C. The orthodontic patient
(1) The airway and its impact on childhood, growth, development, health, orthodontic treatment and adulthood
(2) Esthetics
D. Gathering orthodontic records
E. Cephalometric tracing
F. Ricketts cephalometric analysis
G. Your cases
SESSION II: Diagnosis, treatment planning and beginning treatment - Mechanics: bracketing on models, looped arch wire
A. Treatment planning and clinical considerations
(1) Review of “points and planes” measurements
(2) Skeletal classification and face typing
(3) Convexity in the frontal dimension
(4) Skeletal age vs. chronological age
(5) Airway and posture
(6) Profile and facial pattern
(7) Dental classification
(8) Problem analysis
(9) Use treatment planning checklist with sample case, side-by side on PowerPoint
B. Mega concepts
(1) Class I, Class II, Class III
(2) Skeletal vs. dental problems
(3) Facial type and impact on treatment
(4) Extraction vs. non-extraction treatment
C. Bracketing teeth
(1) Placement
(2) Sequence
(3) Bracketing cements
D. Typodonts: Crowding treatment mechanics - Looped arch wire
E. Your cases
SESSION III: Case selection, Class I treatment, limited primary and transitional dentition treatment, transverse discrepancies - Mechanics: sectional, utility, and full arch wires
A. Case selection - focus on Cl I crowded and mild Cl II
B. Expansion – Maxillary Expanding Appliances
C. Primary and transitional dentition treatment
(1) Phasing treatment – Phase I and Phase II
(2) Habits
(3) Crossbites
(4) The young Class III patient: Chin sling and facemask treatments
(5) When to consider extractions of primary canines: Make your life easier, your patients’ lives better and reduce risk of canine impactions
D. Typodonts - Full arch straight wire - Wire bending: sectionals and Utility Arch Wires
E. Your cases
SESSION IV: Understanding mechanics; early development of joints and occlusion, inter-arch A-P discrepancies, vertical discrepancies - Mechanics: distalizing cuspids, closing spaces
A. Isolating MX vs MD etiologies
B. Class I tx
C. Class II tx
D. Challenges in mechanics: Anchorage - Friction - Deepbites & biteplates - ARS - Distalizing molars
E. Typodonts: canine retraction and contraction utilities
F. Your cases
SESSION V: Detailing the case and Retention - Mechanics: detailing wire, closing wire
A. Case finishing and detailing - Root angulation - panoramic radiograph
B. Retention - Retainer designs - Use of retainers
C. Typodonts - Detailing wire - Closing wire
D. Your cases
