Aligner therapy in children and teenagers

– Variables that interfere in the predictability with aligners;
– Advantages and Disadvantages of using clear aligners in young patients;
– Diagnosing and Planning for Growth Patients with Aligners;
– The ideal indications and limitations;
– Clinical and Biomechanical Tips for Growth Patient cases with Aligners:
• Open bite,
• Anterior and posterior cross bite,
• Class 2: mandibular advancement,
• Space management,
• Controlling growth discrepancies,
• Midline deviation,
• Correcting parafunctional habits;
– Clinical Cases Brainstorming;
– Most common mistakes.

duration: 1 h 17 min

– The concept and goals of intercepting orthodontics;
– Early orthodontic treatment: advantages and indications;
– Development of occlusion and interaction with craniofacial growth;
– Protocol for the treatment of cross bite;
– Deep bite: treatment protocol and tips;
– Blocked occlusion: correction methods;
– Clinical tips and recommendations for the treatment of aligners;
– Features of the treatment of class II;
– The use of intermaxillary elastics: the rule of 3;
– Assessment of the stage of maturation of the vertebrae;
– Correction of the forced position of the lower jaw: a clinical cases.

duration: 1 h 52 min

– Treatment of growing patients: the main criteria for successful treatment;
– Optimal timing for the start of orthodontic treatment;
– Improving the quality of cooperation with the patient: factors and recommendations;
– Identification of the bone age and growth potential of the patient;
– Slow and rapid expansion of maxilla by aligners in early childhood;
– Correction of class 2: the protocol of extension of mandible;
– Protocol of posterior rotation of the mandible.

duration: 1 h 24 min

– Principles of creating an ideal individual treatment plan;
– Professional ClinCheck® protocol:
• Movement of single teeth,
• Sequential movement protocol,
• Retroclination protocol;
– The complexities of MA ClinCheck®programming;
– Properties of precision wings;
– The 3 phases in ClinCheck®;
– Creating ClinCheck®: errors at the technical stage;
– Specifying treatment: tips.

duration: 1 h 15 min

– Stage 1 of treatment: differences in the treatment of children and adults;
– The optimal age to start treatment;
– The problem of treatment planning on aligners;
– Clear aligners: advantages and tactics for treatment of young patients;
– Indications and conditions for starting work with aligners;
– Creating the perfect Clincheck: tricks and tips;
– Diastema: braces vs aligners;
– Smart Force function: life hacks when using attachments in children;
– Eruption compensation: ways to support eruption of permanent teeth;
– Interproximal reduction of enamel in children: pros and cons;
– Expansion of maxilla on aligners: errors and their prevention;
– Aligners in childhood: clinical tips and recommendations.

duration: 1 h 59 min

– Optimal biological terms for treatment with aligners;
– Causes of narrowing of the upper jaw;
– Features of Invisalign First®;
– Protocol for the use of aligners in children;
– Justification of early orthodontic treatment;
– Virtual treatment planning;
– Treatment in the sagittal plane: appliances for extending the lower jaw;
– Changes in the airway size after treatment.

duration: 1 h 34 min

– Treatment without orthognathic surgery: advantages of treatment with aligners;
– Digital planning of orthodontic treatment;
– Increasing the potential of treatment of teenagers: protrusion wings;
– Treatment protocol with mandible extension;
– Distalization of teeth with the help of aligners;
– Retention after aligner treatment.

duration: 1 h 32 min

– Predictability factors in the treatment of aligners;
– Appliance for use in combination with aligners;
– Motion 3D: application aspects;
– Elastic protocols:
• Standard,
• Protocol with dystopian canines,
• Protocol in adults,
• Mixed dentition protocol with deciduous canine;
– Buttons: application methodology;
– Sources of anchorage;
– Appliance selection criteria;
– Treatment sequence;
– Strategy for integrating Motion 3D and aligners:
• Treatment of adolescents,
• Adult treatment,
• Treatment of patients with early bite.

duration: 2 h 6 min

– Advantages of digital treatment planning;
– Features of treatment of growing patients with aligners: plan and strategy;
– iTero Element Scanner: diagnostics, treatment monitoring, analysis of treatment
results;
– Planning the treatment of a young patient;
– Progressive treatment protocol on aligners;
– Treatment with Invisalign® of cases with severe crowding and protrusion;
– Invisalign First® treatment strategies and protocols for young patients;
– Determination of the optimal age to start treatment: stages of maturation
of the cervical vertebrae;
– Secrets of effective communication with parents;
– Presentation of the treatment plan: advantages of digital visualization;
– The concept of DSD: planning the correction of the «gingival smile».

duration: 2 h 15 min