Metamorphosis — 18-19 March 2023
MetamorphosisIV
Orthognathic surgery patients pass through a cocoon stage like a butterfly, metamorphose, and meet their new faces — hence the course concept, “Metamorphosis”.
This Edition
Orthognathic surgery patients pass through a cocoon stage like a butterfly, metamorphose, and meet their new faces — hence the course concept, “Metamorphosis”.
Following a full revision of the content of the first three editions, the fourth edition was held in March 2023. All the knowledge and experience gathered in orthognathic surgery since 1995, at home and abroad, was shared in the two-day course.
The renewed content covered the complete orthodontic and surgical planning from the patient’s first visit and post-operative follow-up, the pre-surgical approach to patients with TMJ problems, splint therapy stages, and every pre- and post-operative detail of segmental maxillary surgery.
Course Programme
Introduction
- Aesthetic and functional criteria for orthognathic surgery indication
- Communicating with the orthognathic surgery patient
- Orthodontist–surgeon communication
- Approach to patients with TMJ problems
Pre-surgical orthodontic preparation
- Cephalometric analysis and planning
- Selection of brackets and attachments
- Mechanics and anchorage control
- Points of attention during preparation
- Evaluation of the preparation and surgical archwires
Pre-operative case analysis
- The importance and determination of natural head position
- Facebow transfer
- What to discuss with the patient and family
- Two-dimensional computer planning
- When is mandible-first surgery preferred?
- Segmental maxillary surgery or corticotomy?
- Model surgery and the properties of surgical splints
Three-dimensional surgical planning
- Virtual planning and splint production workflow
- Trying the splints before surgery
- What to do as the patient enters surgery
- The orthodontist’s duties in the operating room
First post-operative visit
- Deciding whether to tie the teeth
- Post-operative patient instructions
- Exercises for the patient
Post-operative orthodontic treatment
- Achieving a stable occlusion
- Points of attention when finishing treatment
Stabilisation and retention
- Fixed and removable retainers: which one, when?
- Bio-aesthetic restorations
- Limits and complications in surgery
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