Functional appliances. Explore – compare – select

– Types and classification of Functional Apliances (FA)

– Basic clinical principles of Functional Devices

– Clinical indications for each type of FA

– Frankel Functional Regulator in Class II Maloclusions

– Frankel Functional Regulator in Class III Maloclusions

– Active Removable Progeric Arch for Class III

– Mandibular Class II Treatment: approach combine Functional and Fixed Appliances.

– Introduction: general functioning of the Twinblock and the reasons that led to its modification

– Indications

– Design of the modified Twinblock: the details of the modifications

– How does it work? Areas of influence on the growth of the masticatory system

– Clinical management. Initial adjustment of the appliance. Adjustments to be made during treatment. Transition to fixed appliances after the use of the modified Twinblock

– Clinical cases.

– The history of the emergence and development of function generator Bracco 

– Structural elements of function generator Bracco and their purpose:

- Bite plate

- Palatal button 

- Lip bumper

- Double front bite plate

- Inclined plane for lower incisors 

- Push springs

- Expanding wire arc.

– Treatment of open and deep bite: criteria for choosing the appliance

– Indications for the use of function generator Bracco

– Function generator Bracco: prevention of the development of pathology 

– The ideal time to start treatment with the use of functional appliances

Recommended for: Orthodontists.

– Managment of Class II Devision I malocclusion

– From mixed dentition throught adolescence to adult therapy

– Class II Devision II malocclusion

– Management of deep overbite

– Class III malocclusion - Reverse TwinBlocks.

– Growth and development

– Malocclusions in developing dentition

– Diagnosis of malocclusions

– Myofunctional appliances

– History and evolution of activators

– Indications

– Contraindications

– Components of Activators

– Mode of action activators

– Fabrication of activators

– Modifications of activators

– Activator therapy

– Clinical cases.

– Transverse and Sagittal appliances for arch expansion

– Pre-activated with enclosed nickel titanium springs

– Resolve anterior crowding with 6 to 8 mm expansion

– Upper and lower arches equally successful

– Sagittal appliances effectively resolve dental asymmetry

– Treat all classes of malocclusion throughout the age range

– From mixed dentition to adult therapy

– Stand alone treatment or integration with fixed appliances

– A revolution in interceptive orthodontics.

– Global Functional Orthodontics

– Formation of malocclusion: factors and causes

– Descending and ascending postural disorders: diagnosis principles and treatment

– Physiological features of the skull bones

– Cranio-sacral system: anatomical aspects

– Postura and postural-tonic system: evaluation criteria

– Theory of muscle chains

– Cranio-postural integrated therapy:

- Exercises for stretching and relaxing the masticatory muscles

- Exercises to optimize breathing function.

– SODIS-APF activators in the treatment of malocclusion

– Making composite overlays and changing the occlusal height.

Recommended for: Orthodontists.