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Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
9:00am-11:50pm

9:00am-9:40am

The State of My Art

Monica E. Palmer, BDS, DDO

Berlin, Germany

Dr. Palmer maintains a private practice. Her main interests are adult interdisciplinary treatment, especially in the combined orthodontic surgical approach. She is also interested in the theories of color, balance, harmony and esthetics and their role in art and orthodontics.

Dr. Palmer will discuss the relation of painting, drawing and orthodontics as illustrated in her own artwork. She addresses the various philosophical questions associated with beauty, esthetics, harmony and their relevance to the orthodontic practice.

9:40am-10:30am

Computerized Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

Birte Melsen, DDS, D Orth

Aarhus C, Denmark

Dr. Birte Melsen is head of the Department of Orthodontics, Royal Dental College, Aarhus, Denmark.

Just as computers are routinely used in the evaluation of the cephalogram, they can be utilized in the analysis of the occlusogram and for the establishment of the treatment goal in three dimensions. A special software for individual planning, through an interactive process, makes comparison of different treatment approaches easy and aids in selection of the best solution.

10:30am-11:10am

Appropriate Treatment Timing: Diagnostic and Biomechanical Parameters

P. Lionel Sadowsky, DMD, BDS

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Dr. Sadowsky is professor and chairman and graduate program director of the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He also maintains a part time intramural private practice.

The debate regarding treatment timing and the relative merits of single- or two-phase orthodontic procedures continues. This presentation will highlight diagnostic indicators, biomechanical methods, decision making and the sequencing of procedures to assist the clinical orthodontist in achieving the optimal treatment outcome for each patient.

11:10am-11:50am

Etiologic, Diagnostic and Treatment Aspects of Facial Asymmetries

Athanasios E. Athanasiou, DDS, MSD, Dr. Dent.

Thessaloniki, Greece

Dr. Athanasiou is professor of orthodontics at Aristotle University.

Dr. Athanasiou will present the various diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of patients with face asymmetries. The described systematic, detailed, and interpretative diagnostic protocol will include anamnestic evaluation, clinical examination, radiological and imaging assessment, and laboratory tests. The principles of management will describe the appropriate orthodontic, orthopedic, and/or surgical treatment.

CE Hours: 2.75 contact hours

Distraction Osteogenesis & Orthognathic Surgery
9:00am-11:45am

9:00am-9:50am

The Orthodontist’s Role in Distraction Osteogenesis

Pamela R. Hanson, DDS, MS

New Berlin, Wisconsin, USA

Dr. Hanson is the surgical/orthodontic director of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She is also adjunct assistant professor of clinical orthodontics at Marquette University and is the orthodontic director of the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Teams at Children’s Hospital. Her focus is surgical orthodontics.

The power of distraction osteogenesis is realized in its ability to generate new bone and soft tissue. The quality of the result depends largely on the dynamic process, which occurs over time. The orthodontist plays an important role not only in pre- and post-distraction management, but during the dynamic process of distraction as well. These issues will be discussed.

9:50am-10:35am

Distraction Osteogenesis

Harry L. Legan, DDS

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Dr. Legan is professor and chair of the Division of Orthodontics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Lecture information not available at time of printing.

10:35am-11:10am

Mandibular Distraction with Intraoral Appliances

Stuart Dessner, DMD

Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA

Dr. Dessner maintains a private practice. His primary interest is investigating the clinical applications of distraction osteogenesis for correction of maxillary and mandibular skeletal deformities.

Dr. Dessner describes available devices that facilitate distraction osteogenesis of facial bones. These inventions have focused on the treatment of major facial anomalies such as mandibular deficiency syndrome. Advances in technology for development of miniaturized distractors have arrived, stimulating efforts to implement intraoral and toothborne appliances.

11:10am-11:45am

Rapid Canine Retraction with Periodontal Ligament Distraction

Eric Liou, DDS, MS

Taipei, Taiwan

Dr. Liou is head of the Department of Craniofacial Dentistry and Orthodontics at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. His primary focus is “Rapid Orthodontic Tooth Movement” and “Distraction Osteogenesis”.

Through distraction of the periodontal ligament, canine can be retracted rapidly, 6 - 7mm in 3 weeks, with no periodontal defect and loosing anchorage. This innovative technique is based on the knowledge and experience gained in the field of distraction osteogenesis. The rationales, clinical procedures, tips and results will be presented.

CE Hours: 2.75 contact hours

Class III Non-Surgical Treatment
9:00am-12:00pm

9:00am-9:45am

Guidance of the Developing Class III Malocclusion

Patrick K. Turley, DDS, MSD, MEd

Santa Monica, California, USA

Dr. Turley is professor and program director for the Department of Orthodontics at the University of California, Los Angeles and maintains a private orthodontic practice. He is a past president of the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists.

Over the last 20 years, palatal expansion/facemask therapy has proven to be an effective and predictable approach to early Class III treatment. Dr. Turley will describe his approach to treatment as well as the results of research, examining the manner in which the correction occurs, the differences between early and late treatment, and the post-treatment stability of the correction.

9:45am-10:15am

Clinical Assessment of Class III Maxillary Protraction

Hyoung-Seon Baik, DDS, MSD, PhD

Seoul, Korea

Dr. Baik is professor and chair of Orthodontics at Yonsei University. His clinical focus is the orthopedic and surgical treatment in Class III patients.

Class III malocclusion with deficient maxilla can be orthopedically corrected in children with maxillary protraction. Early maxillary protraction facilitates growth modification, but there may be difficulty in retaining treatment effects through the growth period. Dr. Baik will show whether growth is actually stimulated by maxillary protraction through comparisons within the control group during and after treatment.

10:15am-10:45am

Long Term Results of Chin Cup Therapy

Hideo Mitani, DDS, MS, PhD

Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Dr. Mitani is dean of the School of Dentistry at Tohoku University. He is also professor and chairman of the Department of Orthodontics. His primary focus is the growth and orthopedic treatment of Class III malocclusion.

Dr. Mitani will discuss the final effect of chin cup on the growth of the mandible and maxilla. Discussion will focus on the recovery growth of the mandible after chin cup therapy is stopped before growth is finished and what should be done to inhibit it.

10:45am-11:15am

Class III/ Non-Surgical Treatment

Toshio Deguchi, DDS, MSD, PhD

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Dr. Deguchi is professor of orthodontics at Matsumoto Dental University. Currently, he works at International Centre for Excellence in Dentistry and is visiting professor at the Eastman Dental Institute, University College, London. He also serves as chairman of foreign affairs, board of directors in JOS.

The outcome of active treatment and retention in very early face mask, conservative chin cup and long-term applied chin cup therapy will be discussed. Dr. Deguchi compares this with the untreated skeletal Class III subjects. Force distribution and morphological adaptation in cranial structures and TMJ on the overall effects of chin cup treatment are also discussed.

11:15am-11:45am

Class III Early Treatment with Activator

Somchai Satravaha, DDS

Bangkok, Thailand

Dr. Satravaha is clinical associate professor in orthodontics at Mahidal University in Bangkok, Thailand. She has a special interest in the use of activator for early treatment of Class III malocclusions.

Dr. Satravaha will discuss differential diagnosis, case selection and the use of Activator in the treatment of Class III malocclusions for pre-adolescents, including references to long-term outcomes.

CE Hours: 2.75 contact hours

Functional Appliance Treatment
9:00am-11:45am

9:00am-9:45am

Functional Appliances: Past, Present and Future

James P. Moss, BDS, M.Orth., PhD

New Barnet, England

Dr. Moss is professor of orthodontics at St. Bartholomew’s and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry. He is also a visiting professor of medical physics and bioengineering at University College in London and is honorary secretary to the European Orthodontic Society. His focus is three-dimensional changes with growth and orthodontic treatment.

Dr. Moss will look at the history of functional appliances, illustrate the three-dimensional changes in the face of children treated with various types of these appliances, and some of the recent innovations. Can an analysis of the face determine which features can be changed with functional therapy and those which cannot?

9:45am-10:25am

The Herbst Appliance: Practical Considerations

Hans Pancherz, DDS, Odont. Dr.

Giessen, Germany

Dr. Pancherz is professor and chairman of the Orthodontic Department of the University of Giessen. His primary focus in research has been the long-term evaluation of orthodontic treatment results.

Dr. Pancherz will focus on the design and construction of the banded and casted splint Herbst appliance as well as the clinical management of Class II, division 1 and Division 2 patients.

10:25am-11:05am

How Functional Appliances Work in the Correction of Class II Malocclusions

John DeVincenzo, DDs, MS

San Luis Obispo, California, USA

Dr. DeVincenzo is associate professor of orthodontics at Loma Linda University and maintains a private orthodontic practice. His focus is on the mandibular orthopedic effects of functional appliances, interarch force delivery systems, and mechanisms to influence facial growth rotation.

Short-term correction is by a combination of maxillary and mandibular orthopedic and orthodontic changes, the proportions of which are unique for each patient. The mandibular orthopedic effects may be only a slight increase at condylion with no change in the fossa. However, using present protocols there is no significant long-term mandibular orthopedic effect.

11:05am-11:45am

Twin Block Appliance Treatment

*William J. Clark, BDS, DDO

Lundin Links, Fife, Scotland

Dr. Clark developed the Twin Block technique in 1977 while maintaining a private orthodontic practice. The technique is illustrated in the publication “Twin Block Functional Therapy - Applications in Dentofacial Orthopaedics”.

Dr. Clark will review the clinical status of the Twin Block appliance and report on recent studies on facial growth. A series of consecutively treated patients provide the basis for finite element modeling studies to illustrate changes in the size and shape of the mandible, maxilla, and soft tissues.

* indicates financial and/or beneficial interest

CE Hours: 2.75 contact hours