This course will take you from zero to hero of the following orthodontic topics: Management of the developing dentition. Early treatment.; Management of incisor crowding and Management of oral habits.

Here are the main headlines that this course covers:

Management of the developing dentition. Early treatment.

1. Space management in the transitional dentition

1.1 Prediction of tooth emergence

1.2 Factors influencing time of eruption

1.3 Factors influencing mesial or distal drift

2. Planning for Space Management

2.1 Space evaluation and size prediction

• Nance analysis

• Moyers analysis

• Bolton analysis

2.2 General eruption pattern and problems of eruption

3. Treatment Options for Space Management

3.1 Space maintenance

3.1.1 Nonfunctional fixed unilateral space maintainers – band and loop, distal shoe

3.1.2 Nonfunctional fixed bilateral space maintainers – Lower arch, Active holding arch, transpalatal arch, Nance arch

3.1.3 Functional fixed space maintainers - Band and occlusal bar, Band and pontic, Crown and bar, Crown and pontic, Anterior provisional fixed partial denture

3.1.4 Removable space maintainers

3.2. Space regaining

3.2.1 Fixed unilateral and bilateral regainers

• Molar distalizer with Nance anchorage

• Sliding loop and lingual arch

• Pendulum appliance

• Distal jet appliance

• 2 × 4 bonding

• Removable space regainers

3.3 Space creation

• Tooth extraction

• Sequential selective enamel stripping

• Sagittal expansion - lip bumper, pendulum appliance, active lingual arch, removable distalizer, headgear.

• Transverse expansion - W arch, quad –helix, has expander, hyrax expander, removable expanders

3.4 Space closure

3.5 Space supervision

Management of incisor crowding

1. Classification of incisor crowding

2. Treatment of minor crowding

3. Treatment of moderate crowding

3.1 Preservation of E space

3.2 Space creation

4. Treatment of severe crowding

4.1 Serial extraction

4.2 Treatment planning

4.3 Timing of serial extraction

4.4 Sequence of serial extraction

4.5 Serial extraction in patients with Class II division 1 malocclusions

4.6 Serial extraction in patients with Class II division 2 malocclusions

4.7 Serial extraction in patients with open bite

4.8 Serial extraction in patients with Class III malocclusions

5. Mandibular Incisor Crowding Caused by Bolton Discrepancy

Management of oral habits

1. Non-Nutritive Sucking

1.1 Ethiology

1.2 Effects on occlusion

1.3 Time of treatment

2. Thumb or Finger Sucking

2.1 Ethiology

2.2 Effects on occlusion

2.3 Treatment

• Behavioral modification

• Removable habit breakers

• Fixed habit breakers

3. Pacifier Habits

3.1 Еffects on occlusion

4. Tongue Thrust

4.1 Classification

4.2 Clinical examination

4.3 Treatment

5. Lip sucking or lip interposition habit

5.1 effects on occlusion

5.2 Treatment

6. Mouth Breathing

6.1 Effects on occlusion

6.2 Etiology

6.3 Clinical examination

6.4 Treatment

6.5 Muscular extras ices

7. Speech problems

8. Bruxism

9. Nail biting habit