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TwinBlock and TransForce: online course from the creator
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William J. Clark
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4 lessons + 1 free (7h 5min)
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Online course on protocols for using TwinBlock and Transforce appliance from the creator!
The lecturer presents a comprehensive approach to orthodontic treatment of all malocclusions using TwinBlocks and TransForce appliance. He will also share his achievements in functional dentistry and orthodontics.
During the course you will learn:
– detailed Сlass 2, Сlass 3, open bite and crowding treatment protocols using TwinBlocks
– indications and contraindications for the use of TwinBlocks and TransForce appliance
– treatment of malocclusions in the early mixed dentition
– treatment of adults with invisible orthodontics
– TransForce Expanders. Work protocol.
Lesson 1.Using TwinBlocks in the treatment of malocclusion. Introductory lesson
– Fixed appliances vs Functional appliances
– Orthodontics, Orthopedics or Surgery
– Functional appliances:
- Twin Blocks
- Invisible (aesthetic) Twin Blocks
- Monoblock
- Breathe easy Twin Block
- Clark Twin Blocks
- Sagittal Twin Blocks.
– Treatment of clinical cases:
- Class 2 Division 1
- Class 2 Division 1 with crowding
- Maxillary protrusion
- Severe Class 2 Division 1
- Class 2 Division 2
- Buccally displaced canines
- Class 2 Division 1 subdivision with a proclined incisor
- Class 2 Division 1 subdivision with a retroclined incisor
- Class 2 Division 2 with crowding
- Labial segment crowding.
Recommended for: Orthodontists.
Lesson 2.Using TwinBlocks in the treatment of malocclusion
– Fixed appliances vs Functional appliances
– Orthodontics, Orthopedics or Surgery
– Functional appliances:
- Twin Blocks
- Invisible (aesthetic) Twin Blocks
- Monoblock
- Breathe easy Twin Block
- Clark Twin Blocks
- Sagittal Twin Blocks.
– Treatment of clinical cases:
- Class 2 Division 1
- Class 2 Division 1 with crowding
- Maxillary protrusion
- Severe Class 2 Division 1
- Class 2 Division 2
- Buccally displaced canines
- Class 2 Division 1 subdivision with a proclined incisor
- Class 2 Division 1 subdivision with a retroclined incisor
- Class 2 Division 2 with crowding
- Labial segment crowding.
– Reactivation of Twin Block
– Muscle and bone adaptation
– Combination therapy: fixed appliances and functional appliances
– Support phase.
Recommended for: Orthodontists.
Lesson 3.Reversible TwinBlock and alternative jaw growth stimulation techniques
– Extra-oral traction
– TwinBlock traction technique
– Using of vertical elastic
– Vertical growth patterns
– Reverse TwinBlock (for Сlass 2 malocclusion)
– Occlusal screws for Сlass 3 malocclusion
– Alternative techniques for maxilla growth stimulation:
- Rapid Palatal Expansion
- Reverse pull face mask.
– Reverse TwinBlock or Reverse pull face mask?
– Phases of cervical vertebrae formation
– Advantages and disadvantages of malocclusion treatment in mixed dentition
– Treatment of malocclusion: single phase or two phases
– Extraction or non-extraction therapy
– Treatment of clinical cases:
- Anterior open bite
- Class 3
- Class 2
- Crowding
- Adentia of the two lower incisors.
Lesson 4.TransForce Transversal Expander for the treatment of malocclusion
– Twin Block application
– Fixed Twin Blocks:
- Characteristics
- Indications
- Clinical cases.
– Invisible TransForce:
- Characteristics
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Indications
- Mechanism of action
- Clinical cases.
– Selecting the size of transversal appliances
– Alternative techniques: disadvantages:
- Rapid Palatal Expander (RPE)
- Hyrax appliances
- Nitinol Palatal Expander.
– Treatment of a young adult patient using:
- Fixed Twin Block and Fixed appliances
- TransForce and Fixed appliances.
Recommended for: Orthodontists.
Lesson 5.TransForce Sagittal Expander for the treatment of malocclusion
– TransForce Sagittal Expander:
- Indications
- Characteristic
- Selecting the right size
- Fitting Protocol
- Treatment planning
- Clinical case selection.
– TransForce Transverse expander:
- Indications
- Characteristic
- Clinical case selection
- Application examples.
– Protocols for the treatment of patients with malocclusion:
- Class 2 malocclusion
- Class 3 malocclusion
- Bimaxillary retrusion
- Displaced canines
- Dental asymmetry.
Recommended for: Orthodontists.
Course includes next lessons:
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Lecturers 1
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Orthodontist and inventor specializing in functional orthopedics and dentofacial orthopedics. Inventor of Twin Block appliances (1977) and TransForce lingual appliances (2004). Founder of New Horizons Orthodontics in Scotland.
Over 50 years of orthodontic practice experience developing innovative functional appliances for Class II malocclusion correction and arch development. Twin Block technique became the most widely used functional appliance throughout the world for mandibular advancement, documented in thousands of successful clinical cases. Developed Fixed Twin Blocks representing the next logical advance in functional orthopedic therapy. In cooperation with Ortho Organizers, designed invisible TransForce lingual appliances for interceptive treatment through arch development, suitable for treatment from mixed dentition through adult therapy.
International lecturer having presented courses in over 50 countries during 35 years of educational activity. First recipient of Award of Distinction from the British Orthodontic Society for outstanding contribution to the specialty of orthodontics. Recipient of award from International Functional Association (IFUNA) in 2008 for personal outstanding international service to functionalism and orthodontics.
BDS. DDO (Diploma in Dental Orthopedics). DDSc (2010), thesis titled "New Horizons in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics." FDSRCS Eng (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England). Author of the textbook "Twin Block Functional Therapy: Applications in Dentofacial Orthopaedics" (Mosby, 2002), the definitive reference on Twin Block technique translated into multiple languages.
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