Abstract
At the end of the orthodontic postgraduate training, after learning a few basics of dentistry and orthodontics, it is not uncommon for one to think that major diagnostic and treatment-related errors could be avoided. If you have been in the in practice for several years, you often only think of causing or seeing problems, errors, and mistakes. This can be, for example, an unusually high bracket loss rate, retainer defects or frustrating treatment results or relapse. The whole thing is reinforced by the fact that in the orthodontic specialist practice there have long been - no longer mainly simple treatment situations that e.g. „only” have little frontal crowding. Today, our treatment mainly involves severe malocclusions - such as, displaced teeth, severe skeletal anomalies, adults with combined orthodontic/maxillofacial surgery or pre-prosthetic tasks. In this course I would like to show my most common and most difficult problems or mistakes of the last 15 plus years and present some solutions or approaches to avoid them. These errors are demonstrated using clinical examples, compared with the current literature. Among many other things, basic diagnostic decisions, such as extraction versus non-extraction or dysgnathic surgery versus conservative therapy of skeletal anomalies will be discussed. In the field of therapy, bracket positioning, arch wire selection and additional devices such as TADs and class II appliances are analyzed. At the end of the course, the question of long-term stability of our treatment result and the use of different retention devices will be questioned.

Lecturer: Dr. Björn Ludwig

Agenda
09:00 - 09:30 Registration and welcome coffee
09:30 - 11:00 Lecture
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00 Lecture
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Lecture
15:30 - 16:30 Discussion