Mastership in Clinical Orthodontics
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
- Comprehensive Advanced Training: The one-month, full-time MCO program builds on the Fellowship in Clinical Orthodontics (FCO) and includes lectures, demonstrations, preclinical, and clinical experience.
- Hands-on Experience: Participants will perform 3 new orthodontic bonding cases on patients and gain further clinical exposure through follow-up cases at various stages of treatment.
- Skill Enhancement: The program helps develop confidence in diagnosis, treatment planning, and offers practical tips for avoiding complications in orthodontic treatment.
- Certification & Ongoing Support: Upon completion, participants will receive a Mastership in Clinical Orthodontics, accredited by IOM, Hong Kong, and will continue to receive support even after the course ends. A seminar presentation and clinical viva, assessed by both external and internal evaluators, are required for certification.
- Introduction to Orthodontics
- Orthodontics Terminologies
- Introduction to straight wire appliance
- Importance of skeletal, Dental and Soft tissue relationship in orthodontics
- Importance of study models, Photography & X – rays
- Armamentarium Set Up
- Diagnosis of orthodontic patients
- Treatment planning for class I malocclusion
- Introduction to Cephalometric
- Radiographic Cephalometric technique
- Identification of landmark & reference points
- Different horizontal & vertical planes used in Cephalometric analysis
- Introduction to bonding
- Bracket placement according to MBT technique
- Treatment planning for class II malocclusion
- Treatment options for class II in growing and adult patients
- Orthopaedic and functional appliances used in class II malocclusion
- Importance of twin block
- Treatment for class III malocclusion in growing and adult patients
- Different types of retraction mechanisms
- Wires in orthodontics
- TPA, lingual arch applications
- Retention and Relapse
- Treatment for class III malocclusion in growing and adult patients
- Emphasis on case selection to begin the fixed orthodontic treatment
Head gear
- Diagnosis of cases where head gear is applicable
- Age criteria to be considered
- Treatment of class II with head gear and twin block
- Different types and its uses
- Different methods to enhance anchorage so as to prevent anchor loss
- Management of High Anchor loss cases
- Reasons for the space opening distal to molars during retraction stage and how to manage it.
- Reasons for reduced or no tooth movements during the retraction stage
- Soldering in Orthodontics
- Active and passive lace back mechanism
- Figure of ‘8’ importance & application in retraction
- Reasons for the Lingualisation of the lower molars during the orthodontic treatment. How to prevent it and how to rectify it.
- Open coil Spring – Its application and necessary precautions to be taken
- Application of Lingual Buttons
- Reasons for the undesired tooth mobility during the orthodontic treatment and their management
- Common problem associated with the lower incisors in decrowding during alignment phase.
- How to use couple force for derotation of rotated teeth
- Treatment planning exercise for participants ( very important part of course which helps in dealing with different types of cases with ease) spacings, anterior deep bite, anterior cross bite, posterior cross bite, crowding, midline diastema, open bite, missing molars, impacted canines, missing teeth, cases with edge to edge bite, cases with class II malocclusion, cases with class I on one side & class II on other side , cases with class I & end on relation. Cases with class III relation and many more.
- Management of Impacted Canines
- TADS or Mini Implants
- Introduction to Aligners
PLIERS
- Bird beak plier (GDC)
- Distal end cutter (GDC)
- Pin and ligature cutter (GDC)
- Separators plier
- Band Pusher
- Molar band remover
- Debond Plier
Instruments
- Ortho Boones gauge with lead marker
- Bracket holder
- Artery forceps( Narrow beaks)
- PFI
- Wire tucker
Wires and Materials
- Metal Brackets(Modern Orthodontics)
- Ceramic Brackets
- Separators( Ortho Organizers)
- O-rings( grey / clear)
- Settling elastics ( size 3/16)
- wires NITI n SS ( NITI U/L- o12, o14, o16, o18, 17*25 and SS U/L- 17*25)
- Ormco ENLIGHT composites and Bonding agents
- Ligature wire
- Molar bands from 33 to 42+
- Bondable buccal tubes
- Lingual buttons
- Fixed Retainer wire
- Cheek retractors (big n Small)
- Ortho mirror
- Single cheek retractors of Y-shape
- Hands on-Bonding of braces on models
- Hands on of wire placements on models after bonding
- Hands-on of dental photographs .
- Hands on of cephalometric tracings
- -Hands-on of bonding Fixed retainer on models
- Treatment planning exercise on multiple models
- Demonstration of Video recording of Banding and Bonding on patient.
- Demonstration of Video recording of Fixed Retainer bonding on patient.
- Demonstration of Video recording of soldering on model.
- Banding of Molar Bands on patients.
- Bonding of Buccal Tubes on patients.
- Bonding of Metal Brackets on patients.
- Multiple Follow-up cases at different stages
- Ligation of difficult teeth with a ligature wire.
- Application of Active and Passive Laceback mechanism during the ortho treatment
- Measures to be taken while cementation of anterior Biteplate on patients
- Bonding of Lingual buttons and application of cross elastics for the correction of Posterior cross bite whenever the case demands.
- Application of Couple force for the derotation of the teeth.
- Bonding of Fixed retainers on patients( based on the availability)
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