Description
John Mew's orthotropic concept in 4 online lessons!
The lecturer of the course - Marisa Santos - is the leading follower of the legendary doctor in South America.
On the course, you will improve the following skills:
– diagnosis of malocclusion at an early age
– elimination of bad habits in children
– work with the airways
– expansion of the jaws
– posture correction.
This is a mandatory course for doctors who work with children, because it will allow you to diagnose and start interdisciplinary treatment of malocclusion in young patients in time.
Lesson 1.Etiology of malocclusion. Treatment of children under 5 years
– Growth. Norm and pathology
– Diagnosis of malocclusion in children
– Etiology of malocclusion
– Factors that alter the growth and proper development of the jaws:
- mouth breathing
- mastication.
– Benefits of early treatment at the ages of 3, 4 and 5 in a transdisciplinary approach
– The role of the maxilla in breathing, talking, and eating
– Breastfeeding: a role in the formation of an ideal dentoalveolar system
– Formation of good eating habits
– Tropical premise: definition
– Mouth breathing: everything a dentist needs to know.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Pediatric dentists, Functional dentists, General dentists.
Time: 1 h 54 min
Lesson 2.Transdisciplinary protocol of malocclusion. Posture
– Primary dental examination
– Patient examination protocol. Extraoral and intraoral
– Habits:
- thumb sucking
- sucking nipples
- use of feeding bottles.
– Diagnosis of pathologies of the lingual frenulum
– Lingual frenulum pathology: new treatment protocols
– Unilateral crossbite: diagnosis and treatment
– Nose & sleep
– Airway dentistry
– Improve nasal reaction by knowing all its benefits
– Myofuncional therapy
– Posture: measurement with Pedana Estabilometrica.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Pediatric dentists, Functional dentists, General dentists.
Time: 1 h 55 min
Lesson 3.Early treatment. Facial growth guidance
– Orthotropics: history, definition
– Orthotropics diagnosis:
- the forehead
- upper indicator line
- lower indicator line
- cheek line
- muscle bulge
- lip sealing.
– Appliance therapy of malocclusions: sequence of stages
– Bioblocks: structural features. Application
– Author's appliances of Dr. Marisa Santos
– Expansion of jaws: diference between semirapid or rapid expansion (stage 1/ hyrax)
– The use and management of expansion appliances in these ages
– New protocols of early treatment.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Pediatric dentists, Functional dentists, General dentists.
Time: 1 h 58 min
Lesson 4.Tropic premise
– Why kids loose the tropic premise
– How to fix the tropic premise as early as possible
– Introduction to GOPex - good oral posture exercises
– Video demonstrations of exercises for:
- normalization of speech function
- normalization of chewing function
- normalization of swallowing function.
– Appliance therapy: vacuum activator
– Clinical cases.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Pediatric dentists, Functional dentists, General dentists.
Time: 1 h 57 min
Course includes next lessons:
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Skills I will learn in the course
Orthodontics
Treatment methods
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