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This lecture will focus on the use of CBCT technologies in the orthodontic practice for patient diagnosis and treatment planning. Treatment simulation modules as well as use of 3D radiographs for patient care will be reviewed. The lecture will highlight the use of software to integrate the CBCT, patient photographs and optical scan to form a complete patient profile for diagnostics and planning.
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You've probably heard that changes with Google My Business, Facebook and other social sites are here. But what do those changes mean for your practice? In this presentation, we’ll look at the ways Google My Business and Facebook is changing its user experience and share the key strategies and simple tips that will help you stay connected to your patients.
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Ms. Beaton is here to show you how to create a dynamic ten minutes in each workday that allows your team to: (1) be well prepared for the day and be ready to work as a team, (2) quickly review critical focus areas and put that vital information to work for consistent practice growth and (3) carry energy and enthusiasm into every day which is shared with your patients, your orthodontic families and your team. All you need is ten minutes. It can be done and your practice can be doing it with a re-energized morning meeting that works!
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When analyzing the treatment results obtained in growing patients it is obvious that the majority of the changes occur as a result of vertical and sagittal growth. The dental movements resulting from the orthodontic appliance has only facilitated the utilization of the growth in obtaining the result. In adult patients, on the other hand the treatment result depends on the tooth movements generated by the orthodontic appliance. Although function and occlusal forces have an influence in theory there is only one line of action of the force that is correct for each tooth movements defined in 3D. This indicates that the necessary tooth displacement should be defined before an efficient appliance can be inserted. The lecture will demonstrate how, when the treatment goal is known, an efficient appliance can be selected.
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With effective systems in labeling different types of pre-treatment patients or patients in between phases, offices can gain a more organized way of scheduling these important patients on a regular basis.
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The lecture will focus on symptoms and signs of sleep apnea in children, will delineate approaches to diagnosis including those currently being developed. I will also dedicate time to summarily describe the morbidity of sleep apnea in children and standard approaches to treatment.
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In a world where politeness is at a premium and cynicism is at an all-time high, a little perspective goes a long way. Join us at this lecture to discuss important techniques to refocus your limited supply of energy into being a better boss, better team member, and better human being.
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This lecture provides an overview of various non-surgical orthodontic treatment approaches to treat Class II Division I malocclusions. The effect of various treatment approaches on immediate post-deband outcomes, retention strategies and compliance, long term stability, quality of life, patient satisfaction, and provider satisfaction are presented. The results of the study show that good end of treatment outcomes can be realized with non-surgical orthodontic treatment approaches. The overall quality of life and satisfaction (assessed during retention check visits) was very high. A vast majority of subjects reported that there were never concerned about their appearance, teased, or had to avoid smiling/laughing following orthodontic treatment.
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Conventional orthodontic appliances consisting of brackets and wires lend themselves to creative designs that can be tailored to produce desired tooth movements. It is still early in the evolution of aligner treatment so it may be more difficult at this point to avoid biomechanical side-effects. This presentation will compare one couple and two couple mechanical force systems and show examples of situations where it may be beneficial to implement one over the other. Examples of unfavorable mechanical strategies in conventional and aligner treatment will also be discussed.
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Initially, the research efforts focused on growth, showing that it was possible to mathematically model and predict the craniofacial changes that occur. It soon became clear that relative, rather than absolute, growth was key for understanding structures’ response potentials. The focus then shifted to masticatory function and jaw kinematics, demonstrating the detrimental effects of malocclusion and the importance of neurosensory adaptation. Our work related to long-term post-treatment stability showed that orthodontic treatment is not inherently unstable; we now know what causes instability. We then went on to prove that miniscrews can cause damage and that their design can be optimized. Efforts then shifted toward accelerating tooth movements, demonstrating what works and why it works. More recently, we have focused on the diagnosis and treatment hyperdivergent retrognathic Class II's, demonstrating that it is possible to produce significant long-lasting orthopedic changes.
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