Dr. Hugo De Clerck DDS, PhD
Dr. Hugo De Clerck is a graduate of the Ghent University orthodontic program, Belgium. He has been Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Orthodontics at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium from 1989 to 2006. Currently he’s an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received the Dewel Award in 2012 from the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dento-facial Orthopedics. In 2019 he received the Jacob A. Salzmann Award of the American Association of Orthodontists, and the John Valentine Mershon Memorial Award in 2022. He’s a former President of the Belgian Orthodontic Society and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. His main research interests are in class II and class III dento-facial orthopedics combined with skeletal anchorage.
Appearances
DateApril 22, 2017Credits1.5 CETEMPORARY ANCHORS AND SURGICAL ORTHODONTICSSpeakers
Rotations of the Maxilla and Mandible by Class III Orthopedics Followed by Upper Molar Distalization
DateMay 5, 2018Protraction of the midface in growing individuals always results in an anterior rotation of the maxilla, and downward movement of the upper molars. The vertical displacement of the upper molars is restrained by the occlusal forces from the opposing lower molars, and by bonded acrylic bite plates…Speaker
Hugo De Clerck, DDS, PhD
DateApril 22, 2017Rotations of the occlusal plane not only affect the vertical dimension of the growing face but also the anteroposterior relation between upper and lower jaw…Speaker
Hugo De Clerck, DDS, PhD
DateMay 4, 2019Over the last 2 decades skeletal anchorage has widened the scope of moving teeth. Because of the limited surgery, miniscrews became very popular. However, inserted at the labial site, they limit the movement of adjacent teeth, and in the palate they are commonly used as indirect anchorage…Speaker
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DateMay 6, 2019Class III orthopedics are commonly focused on midface protraction. There is a lot of evidence available from animal experiments, and clinical studies, that suture growth can be stimulated by external force application…Speaker
Hugo De Clerck, DDS, PhD
DateJune 26, 2021There is poor evidence that the amount condylar growth can be restrained by class III orthopedics. However, the impact of orthopedics on modeling processes in the ramus and gonial angle has been underestimated in the past…Speaker
Hugo De Clerck, DDS, PhD
DateMay 22, 2022Class II orthopedics aim to increase the forward projection of the chin by stimulation of mandibular growth. It is doubtful that orthodontists can significantly increase condylar growth. Anterior displacement of the glenoid fossa by modeling changes has a minor effect on the position of the chin…Speaker
Hugo De Clerck, DDS, PhD
DateMay 4, 2024A prospective clinical trial was started to study growth modification by a Herbst appliance, bone anchored in the mandible and tooth supported in the upper jaw. Active treatment time was 10 months. A CBCT was taken at the start of treatment and another 2 months after removal of the Herbst appliance…Speaker
Hugo De Clerck, DDS, PhD
DateJanuary 25, 2025For more than a century, orthodontists have tried to stimulate growth of the mandible by so-called functional or orthopedic appliances. However, dento-alveolar compensations are responsible for poor skeletal changes…Speaker
Hugo De Clerck, DDS, PhD
DateJanuary 25, 2025This panel discussion will allow attendees to engage the afternoon's lineup of speakers with questions focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of Class II and Class III malocclusions, as well as advancements in mandibular growth stimulation…Speakers
DateApril 26, 2025Proclination of lower incisors, and in a lesser degree distalization of upper molars, are responsible for a posterior shift of the mandible during the first months of treatment with conventional Herbst appliance…Speaker
Hugo De Clerck, DDS, PhD