How Airway Influences Facial Growth & Development Part 4
Saturday, May 11, 2024
2:45 PM – 4:15 PM
Location: Terrace Suite
CE Credits: 1.5
This is an all-day, four-part course (Parts 1-4).
Patient adaptation and how we breathe affects facial growth and development. Soft tissues such as the tongue, lips, cheeks, tonsils and adenoids influence jaw and dento-alveolar growth. Certain habits and airway-related issues can contribute to adverse skeletal changes.
In this full day lecture, we will discuss how soft tissue and breathing patterns influence skeletal growth. We will examine similar malocclusions in children and adults, and discuss how the treatment plans differ, depending on the age and skeletal maturation of the patient. For adolescents, our treatment plans will focus on growth modification. For adults, we will explore both surgical and non-surgical options for comprehensive treatment.
The day will be broken into four distinct 90 minute sections, each with separate themes. A participant will be able to attend all four sessions in a row, or join for only one or two sessions.
Part 4: The final segment will be on the transverse dimension. We will understand the importance of considering the transverse dimension in treatment planning. We will look at ways of measuring it, as well as ways to treat narrow arches. We will look at appliance designs and ways to predictably expand both children and adults. The segment will end with a review of TAD expanders and the incorporation of 3D treatment planning to enhance the success of skeletal expansion.
Learning Objectives:
Understand how breathing habits can alter skeletal growth.
Learn about how patient adaptations secondary to airway blockage can lead to common malocclusions like underbites, overbites, open bites, and clockwise growth patterns.
Learn about interdisciplinary treatment and intervention strategies for various ages.