Finishing & Detailing - A Practical Approach to Wire Bending
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Towards the end of fixed orthodontic treatment, many dentists find themselves re-positioning brackets or turning to finishing aligners to achieve a satisfactory outcome.
Finishing and Detailing - A Practical Approach to Wire Bending is an intensive two-day practical course which arms dentists with wire bending skills for completing treatment.
Delegates learn the appropriate bends to achieve specific outcomes like intrusion, extrusion, rotation, torque and more. IAS course leaders Asif Chatoo and Ross Hobson also share a wealth of tips, techniques and insight into the finishing and detailing with wire bending.
The course is open to specialists, trainee specialists and GDPs with some prior fixed appliance experience.
What Is The Format Of The Course?
AM
Day 1
Introduction to Wire Bending
- Why finishing and detailing is essential for excellence
- Simple bends
- Practical technical exercises
- Explaining torque and its control
- Appliance selection and implications for finishing and detailing
AM
Day 2
Mastering Wire Bending Techniques
- Achieving control - selecting appropriate bends
- Practical clinical exercises
- Achieving control
- Managing the overbite
- Missing teeth and finishing implications
Course Benefits
- Learn invaluable wire bending techniques
- Complete orthodontic treatment without re-siting brackets or using aligners
- Achieve improved outcomes for patients
- Access post-learning clinical support
- Appliance choice and its effect on finishing
- The Seven Keys of Excellence
- First, second and third-order wire bending technical and practical exercises
- Selecting and mastering bends to achieve the desired intrusion, extrusion, rotation, torque, etc
- Extruding canines - traction arms
- Intrusion arches
- Lingual mechanics - accuracy/small spans/ "opposite to buccal"
- Closing loops
- Clinical tips and tricks
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