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Fundamentals of Orthodontics
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Hawkesbury, ON K6A 3T1
Session 1 — Clinical and Diagnostic Foundations (September 18-19)
Day 1: Fundamentals and Data Collection
- Introduction to modern orthodontics: types of malocclusion and comorbidities (the WHY)
- Principles of space creation for dental alignment
- Orthodontic anatomy and predictability of tooth movement
- Adults vs. growing patients
- Clinical data collection
- Hands-on Workshop: Photography + digital scanning + complete record taking + informed consent
Day 2: Diagnosis and Documentation
- The optimal consultation
- Case selection
- Simplified cephalometric analysis
- Functional analysis
- Record keeping
- Hands-on Workshop: Establishing diagnosis and prognosis for 2 sample cases
Session 2 — Treatment Planning and Sequencing (December 11-12)
Day 3: Treatment Planning
- Advantages of orthodontic treatment with aligners
- Biomechanics: Invisalign vs. braces
- Class I, Class II, and Class III cases
- Review of ClinCheck software
- Attachments 101
- Early troubleshooting
- Hands-on Workshop: Step-by-step planning of a ClinCheck case
Day 4: Initiating Invisalign Treatment
- Receiving and verifying aligners
- Placement of attachments and IPR (Interproximal Reduction)
- Patient instructions
- Hands-on Workshop: Attachment placement on model and IPR
Session 3 — Follow-Up, Complication Management, and Finishing (To be determined)
Day 5: Follow-Up and Adjustments
- Evaluation at follow-up visits
- Clinical monitoring and refinements
- Refinements: when and how
- Clinical troubleshooting: elastics and conventional auxiliaries
- Hands-on Workshop: Placement of buttons and elastics
Day 6: Finishing and Retention
- End-of-treatment criteria and final records
- Management of posterior open bites
- Retention protocols
- Communication with the patient
- Course wrap-up and review
- Hands-on Workshop: Retention protocols (MEB) + closing Q&A






