Saturday 3 December 2011 | 09.00 - 16.00
Bone-anchorage has become an important supportive modality in orthodontics. A wide spectre of indications has been presented and several systems of micro-screws and mini-plate borne bone-anchors have been suggested.
In a half-day post-conference course the technical aspects of mini-plate bone-anchors (Bollard principle) in both orthodontic mechanics and the surgical protocol will be presented. Tips, trics and (preventing) failures will be highlighted by Hugo De Clerck, orthodontist in Brussels and Eddy Becking, maxillofacial surgeon in Amsterdam and Haarlem.
PFO includes all the approaches and surgical techniques that may be used to enhance, facilitate and, eventually, accelerate tooth movement. PFO is considered a surgical biomechanical aid acting on bone metabolism. Several clinical cases and research results will be presented by Dr. Raffaele Spena, orthodontist in Napoli, Italy and Dr. Gaetano Turatti, orthodontist in Torino, Italy. Both are (co) authors of several books, book-chapters and articles in international journals. They lecture nationally and internationally on different subjects in the orthodontic field.
