Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Orthodontics
Course Code
RBZ_028
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Dentistry
ECTS
22.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Ilona Viduskalne
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Pediatric dentist
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Ilona Viduskalne
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To learn to diagnose and treat dentofacial defects with interceptive orthodontics, and to acquire multidisciplinary treatment options.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Dentofacial growth and development, primary and permanent dental occlusion. Maturation of dentofacial complex, changes during aging. Mechanism of action of biomechanical forces in orthodontics, operational principles of orthodontic devices. Diagnostic methods of orthodontic defects. Goals and objectives of treatment planning. Knowledge of the reasons and consequences for patients with cross-bite occlusion, significant lack of space, early tooth loss, retained infra-erupted teeth, eruption disorders, congenital missing teeth.
Skills
1.Candidates will be able to perform and analyse necessary diagnostic examinations in orthodontics, determining orthodontic diagnosis. Candidates will be able to work in a multidisciplinary team together with the orthodontist. Candidates will be able to identify adverse events of orthodontic treatment and to participate in its management. Candidates will be able to provide emergency treatment to patients with orthodontic devices. Candidates will be able to treat patients who need these devices for site retention, myofunctional retainers, tongue crib, functional devices. Candidates will be able to make replacement plates of primary and permanent dental closure.
Competences
1.Candidates will be competent in treatment planning, taking into account a patient’s age and type of dentofacial defects. Within the competence level, candidates will be able to identify a development and progression of dentofacial problems of interceptive level. Candidates will be able to analyse and develop a treatment plan for patients with traumatic dental injuries, providing patient care in a multidisciplinary team.
Assessment
Individual work
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Title
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Individual work |
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Attend practical classes and seminars, to treat patients under orthodontist supervision, analysis of clinical cases, participation in patient consultation. Evaluation of diagnostic measures.
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Examination
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Title
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Examination |
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-
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Attendance of seminars and classes 30%.
Written test at the end of the course 50%.
Allocation of treatment plan for patients with orthodontic defects 20%.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Dentofacial growth and development, stage of early development, late foetal development, dietary and early permanent dental occlusion
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Late development of dentofacial complex, early permanent dentition
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Maturation of dentofacial complex, changes during aging
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Diagnosis in orthodontics, problem-oriented approach
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Classification in orthodontics
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Analysis of diagnostic data and measurement
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Treatment planning goals and objectives
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Interceptive orthodontics, possible problems in primary dentition
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Interceptive orthodontics, an early change in the bite, milk and permanent infra-occlusion, and ectopic tooth eruption
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Congenitally missing teeth.
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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An integrated approach in the treatment of traumatic dental injuries
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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As a result of trauma, the possibility of replacing central incisors in children would be lost.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
22.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
12
Length (weeks):
16
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
''Contemporary Orthodontics'', William R. Proffit, Henry W. Fields Jr., David M. Sarver Elsevier Health Sciences, 2020
2.
''Interceptive Orthodontics: A Practical Guide to Occlusal Management'' Joseph Noar, 2021, Wiley-Blackwell
3.
''Recognizing and Correcting Developing Malocclusions: A Problem-Oriented Approach to Orthodontics''. Eustáquio A. Araújo (Editor), Peter H. Buschang (Editor). 2016, Wiley Blackwell, Clinical Problem Solving in Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry, 2nd Edition
Additional Reading
1.
''Clinical Problem Solving in Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry" 2nd Edition. Authors: Declan Millett, Richard Welbury. Churchill Livingstone, September 2010
2.
''Handbook of Orthodontics" 2nd Edition. Cobourne&DiBiase, Elsevier, 2015
Other Information Sources
1.
www.orthodontics.com
2.
www.ajodo.org
3.
www.americanortho.com