Below is a quick summary of the concepts discussed in each of our seminars.  If you would like to know when one of these seminars will be held in a location near you, please click to access our schedule.  For a more in-depth breakdown by session, click Info Request to receive our 12 page PDF brochure!

Seminar 1

    Clinical Evaluation, Records, & First Consultation

• Case Classification of 10 Cases All Ages
• Generating and Computer Processing Orthodontic Records
• Setting Goals, Objectives, & Limitations
• Patient and Family Dynamics when Seeking Orthodontic Services
• Timing and Start of Orthodontic Treatment
• The Initial Clinical Exam & Live First Consultations
• Set Up Your Practice to be Efficient and Profitable

   
Seminar 2

    Cephalometrics, Dental VTO Predictions & Second Consultation

• McGann Lateral and Frontal Cephalometric Analysis
• Model Measuring with Your Computer
• Dental VTO (Visual Treament Objective) Tool to Support the Treatment Decision
• Creating Individualized Treatment Plans
• Non-Extraction and Bicuspid Extraction Treatment Options
• Computer Analysis of Orthodontic Records for 10 Cases
• Live Presentations of the Second Consultation Key Points

Seminar 3
 

    Individual Patient Appliance® Application

• Hands-On: Banding & Bonding on Typodonts and Skulls 
• Bracket Variations Used to Minimize Wire Bending
• Computer Design & Ordering of IP Appliance®
• Single Patient Ordering with Minimum Inventory
• Range of Brackets Torque (RBT) for Predictable Incisor Positioning
• Wire Progression & Selecting the Correct Arch Wire and Shape
• The Alignment Stage, Tie-In Techniques & Your First Year in Ortho

Seminar 4

    Complete Treatment: Alignment, Mechanics & Finishing of the 10 Cases

• Computer Diagnosis and Treatment Planning of 4 Cases
• Basic Mixed Dentition Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
• Extra-Oral Force Theory & Application (Cervical & Reverse-Pull Headgear)
• Edit World-Class Treatment Plans for Your Individual Patients
• Elastics and Coils for Force Application & TPAs, RPEs, and Lingual Arches
• Cephalometric Overlay to Evaluate Treatment Results and Growth
• Hands-On: Finishing Bend Exercises 
  

Seminar 5

    Mild Class III Management, Growth in Class II Cases & Cuspid Impaction Retrieval

• Diagnosing and Editing a Customized Treatment Plan for 4 Cases
• Introduction to Dentofacial Orthodontics and Multiple Option Consultation
• Identifying Skeletal Resistance and What This Means to Treatment
• Anchorage Planning with Technology for Consistent Finishes
• Management of Class III and Class III Tendency Cases
• Growth in Class II Cases & Treatment of Deep Bite Cases
• Introduction to Diagnosing and Treating Impacted Teeth  

Seminar 6

    Mixed Dentitiion Diagnosis, Taking Growth into Account & Unconventional Extraction Sites Sites

• Diagnosis and Treatment Planning of 4 Cases with Moderate Severity
• When Extraction of Molars or Lateral Incisors May Be the Best Treatment
• Predicting and Treating Incisor Advancement and Protrusion
• Management of Protrusive Growing and Non-Growing Cases
• Mixed Dentition Treatment Plan
• Add Growth to Computer Predictions to Diagnose at the Top of the Profession
• Hands-On: Exercises on TPAs and Finishing Bends 

Seminar 7

    More Mixed Dentition, Treating Asymmetry, & Managing Biprotrusions 

• Diagnosing and Treatment Planning of 5 Cases with Moderate Severity
• Introduction to Treating Asymmetries (Dental and Skeletal, Functional Shift, and McGann Frontal Cephalometrics with Computer Analysis)
• Managing Biprotrusions in Growing and Non-Growing Patients
• Lower Lingual Arches, Utility Arches and Anchorage Planning
• Using Growth to Your Advantage
• Hands-On: Exercises including Cervical Headgear, Utility Arches, and Coils
  

Seminar 8

    Asymmetry in Adults and Mixed Dentition Cases & Dento-Aveolar Bone Remodeling 

• Diagnosing and Treatment Planning of 7 Cases of Increasing Severity
• Establish a System to Diagnose and Treat Asymmetric Case
• Asymmetries in Mixed Dentition Cases
• Labial Cortical Bone Remodeling for More Non-Extraction Treatments
• Correct Major Class II and III without Cooperation or Orthognathic Surgery
• Introduction to Skeletal Anchorage: Apply Forces to the Skeleton, Not Teeth
• Bone Modifications to Control Vertical and Transverse Dimensions

  
Seminar 9

     Basic Skeletal Anchorage and Surgical Application to Control Vertical and Lower Minimal Anchorage

• Diagnosing and Treatment Planning of 4 Cases of Increasing Severity
• Dentofacial Orthodontics: Do More Than 'Just' Straighten Teeth
• Skeletal Anchorage and Surgical Application for Easier and More Effective Ortho
• Bone Plates versus Orhto Anchors (TADs) with Mechanics for Each
• Deep Bite, Gingival Display and Occlusal Plane Cants Are No Longer a Problem!
• Orthognathic Surgery Computer VTO Predictions in 2 Minutes
• Coordinating with the Maxillofacial Surgeon, Periodontist, or Do It Yourself 
• Hands-On: Skeletal Anchorage Exercises on Your Skull Model 

Seminar 10

    Intermediate Skeletal Anchorage and Surgical Application to Correct Severe and Growing Class II Patients

• Diagnosing and Treatment Planning of 4 Cases of Increasing Severity
• Class II Growth Management
• Maximal Retraction Is No Longer an Issue
• Treat the Cases the Specialists Don't Want, with Ease
• Severe Midline Correction with Skeletal Anchorage
• Mangement of Severe Impactions
• Hands-On: Intermediate Skeletal Anchorage Exercises on Your Skull Model

Seminar 11
 

    Advanced Case Diagnosis Including Orthognathic Surgery Alternative

• Diagnosing and Treatment Planning Severe Class II and III Cases
• Preliminary Diagnosis for Multi-Option Second Consultations
• Orthodontics versus Dentofacial Orthodontics versus Orthognathic Surgery
• Managing Growth and Severe Skeletal Issues in Class II Cases
• Retraction No Longer Means Increasing or Creating Gingival Display
• Severe Skeletal Class III Cases & Lower Retraction with Bone Remodeling
• Surgical VTO Predictions, Treatment Plans, & Working with the Surgeon   

Seminar 12

    Putting It Together: Periodontics, Maxillofacial, TMD, Implantology, & Orthodontics

• Diagnosing and Treatment Planning 4 Complicated Multidisciplinary Cases that YOU Can Now Manage
• Final Exam–Covering Over 1000 Orthodontic Principles
• Presenting Two of Your Own Cases
• Improving the Prognosis of Periodontal and TMD Cases with Orthodontics
• Building Ridges with Ortho Before Implant Placement
• Corticotomies to Overcome Skeletal Resistance and Extend the Movement
• Surgical cases