Description

Beliefs without the support of evidence are prejudices. This lecture will introduce various orthodontic prejudices, some are new and some have been around a long time. Clinical beliefs not supported by the literature lead to ineffective and/or inefficient treatments. It will be shown that a number of existing beliefs pertaining to craniofacial growth, the development of malocclusions, post-treatment changes and treatment approaches need to be reconsidered.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify why some treatment approaches to accelerate tooth do not work.
• Identify how and why mandibular orthopedics are possible.
• Identify how skeletal malocclusion develop and why it makes a difference.

Speaker(s):

• Peter Buschang, MA, PhD