Oral Health and Dental Management

Advanced mechanotherapy: Stages of orthodontic treatment

8^th International Conference and Exhibition on Dentistry & Oral Care

April 18-20, 2016 Dubai, UAE

Mani Alikhani

Harvard School of Dental Medicine, USA

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

In our busy orthodontic practices we forget that the laws of Physics still govern any movement in the universe, including the teeth of our patients. In these modules we will first review basic biomechanics principles, before discussing setups that produce efficient mechanics such as one-couple and two-couple systems. These principles will be presented in the context of clinical cases: how to start a case, what are the stages of treatment, how to control the side effects and how to shorten the treatment time by efficient mechanics. The objectives include; review of basic mechanical principles and advanced one couple system and two-couple system; understand the different stages of orthodontic treatment and introduction to advanced mechano-therapy tools.

Biography :

Email: mani.alikhani@nyu.edu