Saturday,
November 27
01:30 p.m. – 03:00 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Moschos A. Papadopoulos,
Thessaloniki, Greece
Contemporary orthodontic treatment of
Class II: The role of temporary anchorage
devices in maxillary molar distalization
Treatment options of Class II malocclusion in growing patients include
extraoral headgears to distalize maxillary molars, functional appliances
to
advance the mandible in a more forward position or full fixed appliances
in
conjunction with intermaxillary elastics. Conventional orthodontic treatment
of patients with poor compliance can be very challenging. Noncompliance
approaches gain however several unwanted side effects, which diminish
their clinical effectiveness. These side effects vary but always accompany
molar distalization. Temporary anchorage devices (TADs) may be used to
enhance anchorage and to counterbalance these problems. The speaker
presents biomechanical principles of distalization devices in an as much
as possible evidence based manner and discusses the rationale of the
use
of TADs in maxillary molar distalization. Further he demonstrates the
efficiency
of a miniscrew implant supported distalization system, which takes
advantage of the stationary anchorage also to retract anterior teeth,
providing
this way an initially invisible, and later on an easy, noncompliance,
nonextraxtion and efficient treatment approach for the patients with
Class II
malocclusions.
Dr. Moschos A. Papadopoulos is Associate Prof. and Postgraduate
Program Coordinator at the Dep. of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry,
Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Editor of the Hellenic Orthodontic Review,
and Asst. Editor of the World Journal of Orthodontics and many others.
He
has served as Vice President of the Hellenic Professional Union of
Orthodontists and Vice Secretary General of the Stomatological Society
of
Northern Greece and member of the Board of Trustees of the Greek Orth.
Society and of the Orth. Society of Northern Greece. He received his
Dental
Degree from the School of Dentistry of the Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki
in
1986, his Doctorate Degree and his Certificate in Orthodontics from the
from the School of Dentistry of the Univ. of Freiburg, Germany, in 1988
and
1990 respectively. Dr. Papadopoulos has also served as Research
Collaborator at the Department of Experimental Surgery, Swiss Research
Institute, Davos, Switzerland. He received the "Annual Scientific
Award" of
the German Association of Plastic Surgeons for the year 2004, as well
as
the "Joseph E. Johnson Clinical Award” of the AAO for the year 2009.
He
has written the book Orthodontic treatment for the Class II non-compliant
patient: Current principles and techniques and has published more than
120 scientific publications.
E-mail:
mikepap@dent.auth.gr