THESE ARE DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR PRACTICING DENTISTS AND THEIR STAFF

1. IN HOUSE SEMINARS : Attendance at Tony's private practice on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Doctors usually attend for Friday clinic and Saturday treatment clinics to observe clinical techniques first hand. Patient's currently in treatment at various stages give practical meaning to current theory and concepts in dental orthopaedics and orthodontics. There is also time scheduled for one on one discussions with Tony to help review cases and progress of existing cases.

2. CONCEPTS FOR THE MODERN DENTAL PHYSICIAN (Three Phase Program) : Designed specifically for the dental physician new to Orthopaedics and Orthodontics, this course provides new applications of basic techniques presented in a logical and practical easy to follow way that allows the clinician to start cases with confidence. This course deals primarily with removable appliances and some fixed orthopeadic appliances and their indications, and the clinical application in the mixed dentition. You will be introduced to the relationship between dental occlusion and posture as well as how you can utilize postural changes for faster treatment time and superior stability in your orthopaedic and orthodontic patients. Dentists are encouraged to bring case records for review.

PHASE ONE - Topics include: Interceptive Orthopaedics; Early Treatment in the Mixed Dentition; Growth and Developmtn; Posture and Balance; Symmetry and Beauty; Analysis of Study Models; Analysis of Radiographs (Lat and PA Cephs); Maxillary Development Appliance; Treatment Planning and Fees; Myofunctional, Breathing and Multidiscipline Therapies.

PHASE TWO - Topics include: Fixed Orthodontic Appliances (Bands and Brackets); Bracket Systems; Archwire Systems; Overjet Correction; Myofunctional Control; Cranial Considerations; Adult Orthodontics; TMD Treatment (multidiscipline team therapy); Class III Control; Impacted Teeth (canines, premolars and molars); Introduction to the Primary Respiratory Mechanism; Introduction to the Cranial-Dental-Sacral Complex.

PHASE THREE - Topics include: Body Physiology and Neurology; Cranial Sacral Motion; Cranial Rythmic Impulse and Myofascial Strain Patterns; Respiratory Motion of Maxilla and Mandible; Occlusion and Occlusial Plane; Craniovertebral Basis of Centric Relation; Parafunction; Multidiscipline Treatment; Syntax of Care; Nutrition; TMJs/Sacro-Iliac Joints/ Sub-Talar Joints; Airway Considerations; Long Term Stability and Maintenance.

3. BIOPACK: RECORD TAKING AND INTERPRETATION :

 

   "Holistic Orthodontics is a whole body approach to improving Dental, Facial and Cranial Structure."