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Course Details
9am-4pm, Friday, June 1, 2011
Breakfast 8:30am (lunch provided noon)

Venue:
Salvatore's Italian Gardens

Tuition:
UB Alumni member Dentist $195
Nonmember $225  Team Member $95

CREDIT HOURS: 6 CE Hours



Guest Faculty

Gerald S. Samson, DDS, private orthodontic practice and Diplomat of The American Board of Orthodontists and a Fellow of The American College of Dentists. Adjunct Professor at The University of Texas, San Antonio, Associate Professor at The University of Alabama, Birmingham, Case Western University Department of Orthodontics, and Saint Louis University Department of Orthodontics.

 

The UB School of Dental Medicine, Department of Orthodontics

with support from the John J. Cunat Educational Fund present

 

Special Guest Faculty Dr. Gerald Samson


Friday, June 1, 2012

Salvatore's Italian Gardens




Orthodontic Mechanics: Addition,
Subtraction and the Full Monty


 

When moving teeth, seasoned clinicians share a common experience: when teeth are moved they don't always behave as expected. What's with that? Are these problems peculiar to the pre-adjusted orthodontic appliance? Are these engineering problems? Or, are these problems of simple dental vengeance? It's possible that the teeth involved have a deep-seated hatred of the doctor. And, that these same teeth incited to riot had been previously belligerent baby teeth. These particularly irritating occurrences increase treatment time for the patient while simultaneously triggering gastrointestinal distress for the doctor and patient...bummer. This presentation will address the fascinating and simplified clinical application of additive and subtractive orthodontic forces resulting in enhanced treatment responses and shorter treatment times.


This educational,informative and entertaining program offers simplified answers to clinically complex questions.

  • Why are some deep overbites easy to correct and others especially difficult or impossible to resolve?
  • Reversing the Curve of Spee: why it works well in some patients, and not at all in others, and what to do about it.
  • How do additive and subtractive forces work for and against shorter treatment times?
  • Specifically, what are the best, simplified mechanics to use for deep bite correction?
  • When are bite plates, posterior occlusal coverage, and bite "turbos" appropriate and when not?
These very effective and simplified techniques shown utilize common
orthodontic materials and do not require patient cooperation.

 

Gerry offers meaty clinical presentations spiced with a blend of biting wit, edgy humor, and substantially sauced with evidenced based literature.
Always armed with unusually high quality hand out materials for seminar attendees, Gerry's zany, brainy and engaging methods have made him one
of today's most popular educators. You are certain to enjoy a unique educational, clinical experience that is both informative and motivating!

 Upon his retirement in 1995 after 40 years as a faculty member, an endowment was created to support a lecture series in honor of Dr. John J. Cunat, Chair of the UB School of Dental Medicine, Department of Orthodontics and head of its graduate department program.

The endowment was spearheaded by a committee of 13 Western New York orthodontists whom Dr. Cunat assisted and inspired during his teaching career.

We are proud to honor Dr. Cunat and continue to regard him as a leader and promoter of higher education in orthodontics.