Orthodontics for the General Dentist or Pediatric Dentist 2016

Orthodontics for the General Dentist or Pediatric Dentist is organized by University of Florida and would be held during Oct 21 - 23, 2016 at University Of Florida College Of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States Of America. The target audience for this medical event basically for Dentists, Orthodontists, Pediatric dentists.

This comprehensive course provided by orthodontists on staff at the University of Florida is designed to enhance the practitioner’s fundamental knowledge of facial growth and development, to facilitate the skills needed to identify malocclusions, and to develop a working understanding of orthodontic diagnosis and treatment.

Additionally, the practitioner will be taught to recognize and treat occlusal and skeletal problems indicating interceptive, limited, and comprehensive orthodontic treatment, as well as recognize more complex and severe occlusal and skeletal problems which should be referred to an orthodontic specialist. Clinical skill involving both fixed orthodontic treatment (braces) and Invisalign techniques will be reviewed. Workshops include hands-on experience bonding brackets, changing archwires and placing finishing bends.

Objectives :

This comprehensive course will help a practitioner who is not an orthodontic specialist to :
- Gain clinical and didactic knowledge of orthodontics
- Properly diagnose orthodontic dental malocclusions and skeletal discrepancies
- Recognize potential complications and the need to refer to a orthodontic specialist when appropriate
- Develop a competent treatment plan
- Implement biomechanical methods to treat orthodontic cases.

This CME conference has been approved with a maximum of 23 contact hours.