The School of Dental Medicine with support for the John Cunat Educational Fund
Presents

A Day with special guest faculty

Dr. Tiziano Baccetti

9am-4pm, Friday, February 18, 2011
Buffalo-Niagara Marriott, Millersport Hwy, Buffalo, NY

Dr. Baccetti  highlights the role of individual skeletal maturation (assessed by means of the Cervical Vertebral Maturation -CVM -method) on treatment outcomes in different types of malocclusions as well as the importance of considering patient craniofacial morphology for the anticipation of outcomes of dentofacial orthopedics. Learn fundamental aspects related to an efficient approach to orthodontic treatment as a function of treatment timing.

The treatment protocols that currently are known to be most efficient in the treatment of different dentoskeletal problems will be illustrated in detail.

Program:

The efficiency of orthodontic treatment: a step beyond effectiveness

Ideal requisites of an efficient treatment protocol in orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics

The goal: to identify, learn, and apply factors of success

Factors of success in treatment of Class III Malocclusion

The early diagnosis

The 3 fundamental clinical rules for favorable outcomes of orthopedic treatment

The identification of best responders to orthopedic treatment: method revisited 2009

The protocols to avoid: what does not work, and what works with low efficiency

The new frontier offered by dentofacial orthopedics associated with miniscrews

Factors of success in treatment of Class II Malocclusion

Timing of treatment and skeletal growth modification in Class II malocclusion

            Identification of ideal candidates for functional appliances versus molar distalization

The role of functional jaw orthopedics in unfavorable Class II patients

New possibilities of Class II treatment in young adults

Factors of success in treatment of dentoskeletal open bite

The unpredictable malocclusion

The elimination of unfavorable habits in dentoskeletal open bite

            The bite-block effect

            Treatment of anterior open bite in the mixed dentition: quadhelix-crib therapy.

Diagnostic rationale when approaching dental anomalies: how to intercept or treated impaction of the maxillary canines

Palatal vs buccal impaction

Effectiveness of interceptive treatment of palatially displaced canines

              The tunnel technique for the orthodontic traction of impacted canines:

Factors of orthodontic and periodontal success

At the end of this program, you will:

1. Be proficient in performing the diagnosis of individual skeletal maturation by means of the  CVM method. This part of the lectures will focus on:

-Description of the stages in cervical vertebral maturation and their correlations with mandibular growth

-Tips and practical hints to perform CVM analysis properly

-Calibration test for the course participants

2. Be able to identify optimal timing for treatment of different malocclusions according to individual skeletal maturation. Optimal treatment timing will be described for orthodontic/orthopaedic therapy of Class II and Class III malocclusions.

3. Be able to identify those patients who will be ideal candidates for one type of treatment vs another.

   4. Become familiar with findings of the most relevant research on the short-term and long-term outcomes of orthopedic therapy of different malocclusions on the basis of treatment timing. The results of clinical trials performed by the speaker in more than 15 years of scientific collaboration will clarify what to expect from the use of orthopedic appliances such as the facial mask, different functional appliances, and rapid maxillary expansion.

  5. Know how to intercept canine impaction with the greatest efficiency and how to approach impacted canines surgically and orthodontically for the best final result (from both an occlusal and periodontal aspects).

Intended Audience: Orthodontists and graduate students in orthodontics.

The final goal of contemporary orthodontics is to improve clinical efficiency. The outcomes of orthodontic treatment depend strongly upon the biological responsiveness of individual patients, which in turn is related to treatment timing. Timing of orthodontic/orthopedic therapy may have a more relevant impact on treatment results than the specific treatment protocol accomplished.

The course will highlight the role of individual skeletal maturation (assessed by means of the Cervical Vertebral Maturation -CVM -method) on treatment outcomes in different types of malocclusions as well as the importance of considering patient craniofacial morphology for the anticipation of outcomes of dentofacial orthopedics. The participants will learn fundamental aspects related to an efficient  approach to orthodontic treatment as a function of treatment timing. The treatment protocols that nowadays are known to be most efficient in the treatment of different dentoskeletal problems will be illustrated in detail.

The core of the course will be devoted to the improvement of efficiency in different areas of clinical orthodontics: Class II, Class III, and tooth eruption disturbances. The speaker will describe the short-term and long-term results of dentofacial orthopedics in relation to treatment timing as derived from over 15 years of clinical investigations.