BioProgressive Orthodontics: Robert Ricketts сoncept

– The true definition of bioprogrssive science

– The aetiology of malocclusion from functional, traditional, and bioprogressive point of view

– Anatomy and physiology of the oral cavity

– Angle classification and Ricketts classifications

– Aesthetic analysis of the smile

– Understanding the importance of timing orthodontic treatment

– The Visual Treatment Objective (VTO)

– The Surgical Treatment Objective (STO)

– Occlusal plane and facial growth

– Cortical anchorage

– Robert M. Ricketts STO

– Utilizing orthognathic surgery

– Ricketts-Bjork theory

– The decompression therory of the condyle

– Clinical cases. 

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.

– Intrusion of anterior teeth as part of bioprogressive treatment protocol of open bite and deep bite

– Techniques to unlocking malocclusions

– Tracing and analysis of cephalogram

– Conducting myofunctional therapy in combination with bioprogressive treatment protocols

– Evidence based class 2 therapy

– Extraction and non-extraction visual treatment objectives and treatment design

– Prognoses of the outcome

– Clinical cases. 

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.

– Segmented utility arch: Burstone's technique (2x1, 2x2, 2x4, 2x6)

– Cortical anchorage and archial growth according to Dr. Ricketts

– The evolution of modern brackets: geometry and function

– Designing and understanding the biomechanics of the utility arch

– Open loop, Z-Loop, loops for leveling and alignments, vertical loop with helix open and close, and rotation loop

– Step-by-step manufacturing of utility arches

– Ricketts fourth dimensions for the utility arches

– Intraoral activation of the appliance

– Clinical cases. 

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.

– Class 2 correction: 

- mandibular posturing

- intermaxillary traction

- cervical headgear

- Quad Helix.

– Methods to prevent mandibular rotation:

- anterior intrusion

- cortical anchorage

- maxillary orthopedics.

– Design and activation of utility arches

– Application of intermaxillary elastics

– The range of motion of the TMJ

– Ricketts classification for intermaxillary elastics

– Elastic selector gauge

– Clinical cases.

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.

– Bioprogressive 

– Differences between the treatment with straight wire and utility arch

– The full protocols of bioprogressive therapy

– The staging matrix of bioprogressive therapy:

- inter-arch regulation

- inter-arch correction

- integration and torque

- finishing and overtreatment.

– Treatment of class 1 by expansion:

- utility arch

- Quad Helix.

– Treatment of class 1 with extraction

– Treatment of class 2 division 1 with a deep bite

– Treatment of class 2 division 2 with a deep bite

– Treatment of dentoalveolar class 3

– Sato "my way" protocols for the treatment of:

- Class 1 open bite

- Class 3 deep bite

- Class 3 open bite.

– Mandibular Lateral Deviation (MLD).

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.