Orthodontics for Pediatric Dentists

Course Code
MPD610
Course Title
Orthodontics for Pediatric Dentists
Course Description

Orthodontics for Pediatric Dentists is an intensive didactic course on the presentation and features of malocclusion and abnormalities of tooth malposition and eruption. The course will provide knowledge about the use of appliances in interceptive orthodontics and space maintenance. Emphasis is placed on applications of growth and development principles to clinical treatment, cephalometrics, diagnosis and treatment planning and the evaluation of the normal and abnormal conditions in the primary, early mixed and late mixed dentitions.

Prerequisites
None
Credits
1
Course Type
Theory
Offered
Spring