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Compliance and Your Patients
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Cost: $59.00
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Faculty:
Mahtab Partovi, DDS
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Despite revolutionary advances in all fields of dentistry, a critical factor in the success of any treatment program is patient compliance. A number of factors are involved in encouraging and ensuring cooperative patients, including a thorough assessment of a patient’s medical, dental, and social history and any related fears or phobias. In addition, effective communication is vital in motivating and educating patients about their dental needs. This course examines the roles all of these play in ensuring patient compliance, reviews the literature regarding oral hygiene programs, and addresses the particular compliance issues involved in specialty fields, such as orthodontics and esthetic dentistry.
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Diagnosing Early Interceptive Orthodontic Problems - Part 1
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Cost: $59.00
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Faculty:
Mahtab Partovi, DDS, Michael Florman, DDS, Rob Veis, DDS, Mark M. Alarabi, DDS, CECSMO
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It is important to have a clear picture of how a child is changing dentally and skeletally throughout his or her growth period. In fact the American Association of Orthodontists recommends that every child have an orthodontic examination by the age of seven. The early treatment examination in the mixed dentition enables the practitioner to identify problems at an early stage, and to determine when to commence treatment and/or refer patients to an orthodontist. Things to look for during a mixed dentition examination include crowding of permanent teeth, excessive overjet or overbite, missing primary teeth needed for space maintenance, supernumerary teeth, skeletal discrepancies, habits, airway problems, and eruption path problems.
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Diagnosing Early Interceptive Orthodontic Problems - Part 2
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Cost: $59.00
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Faculty:
Mahtab Partovi, DDS, Michael Florman, DDS, Rob Veis, DDS, Mark M. Alarabi, DDS, CECSMO
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Upon completion of this course, the clinician will be able to do the following: Be knowledgeable about posterior crossbites and the numerous appliances available to treat this problem. Be knowledgeable about the three types of anterior crossbites and the appliances used to treat them. Increase your knowledge of Class III skeletal and dental diagnosis and treatment planning, and the appliances available to aid in their correction. Be knowledgeable about the different philosophies that exist regarding how to treat Class II malocclusions.
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Indefinite Orthodontic Retention
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Cost: $59.00
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Faculty:
Mahtab Partovi, DDS, Michael Florman, DDS
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As a practicing orthodontist, I see many adults whose chief complaint is crowding of the lower teeth. Many times, upper crowding is also present, but to a lesser degree. Many of the patients received orthodontic care when they were younger and did not wear their retainers. Others have never had any orthodontic treatment but complain that their lower teeth are suddenly becoming crowded. What is being done to keep patients’ teeth straight after they finish orthodontic treatment? What is being done to keep teeth straight in patients who have never had orthodontic treatment? Whose responsibility is it to provide retention care to patients? Vaden says that little is known about the changes in orthodontic treatment results exceeding a decade after treatment.1 Little states that no clinical fi ndings seem to predict relapse and that post-retention crowding of the lower incisors is the first sign of the negative changes that will ensue.
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Mastering Interproximal Reduction
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Faculty:
Mahtab Partovi, DDS, Michael Florman, DDS, Pablo Echarri Lobiondo, DDS
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One of the basic principles of orthodontics is the creation of space to facilitate tooth movement. This can be achieved through extraction, expansion or tooth slenderization. With appropriate case selection and correct technique, slenderization offers the ability to safely obtain sufficient space for tooth movement without the need for extractions and without compromising the health and shape of slenderized teeth.
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The Importance of Early Orthodontic Treatment for Your Health
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Cost: $59.00
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Faculty:
Brock Rondeau, D.D.S., I.B.O., D.A.B.C.P.
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Early orthodontic treatment is good for a child’s self-esteem and overall health. Functional orthodontics involves treating patients in the primary or mixed dentition using appliances. Further, functional appliances are useful in the prevention and treatment of TM dysfunction and sleep apnea.
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