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Skeletal Class II from four angles — gnathology, genioplasty, self-ligation with MARPE, and progressive bite jumping
Recorded as a congress program, Orthodontic Congress in Abu Dhabi gathers four European speakers around one problem: the skeletal Class II patient. Orthodontists Aladin Sabbagh, Armando Dias da Silva and Monica Casadei and maxillofacial surgeon David Sanz spend 13 h 24 min across eight lectures on functional diagnosis, chin surgery, bracket biomechanics and fixed functional appliances.
- 8lectures
- 13 h 24 minof video
- 4speakers
What you’ll be able to do
- Assemble a functional records protocol with joint and muscle palpation, face-bow mounting and condylography
- Recognise how dentoalveolar, vertical and articular compensation mask a skeletal discrepancy
- Judge when genioplasty is needed to balance the face of a Class II patient
- Control torque, rotation and friction with interactive self-ligating brackets and plan transverse correction with MARPE
- Advance the mandible stepwise with fixed functional appliances and TADs in patients who will not comply
- Retain results and manage relapse with SARA splints
Inside the course
Function first
The opening pair of lectures builds a gnathological workup, links condylar and occlusal plane inclination to function, then shows high-angle, low-angle, open-bite, dysfunctional and early-treatment Class II cases.
Facial balance through the chin
Two surgical lectures argue that chin hypoplasia usually accompanies Class II and that a genioplasty often completes the profile, whether correction is orthodontic alone or combined with orthognathic surgery.
Brackets, expansion and digital planning
One lecturer traces a personal move from Ricketts mechanics to passive and then interactive self-ligation, compares bracket dimensions, and closes with step-by-step cases, miniscrew-assisted palatal expansion and SureSmile planning.
Progressive bite jumping
The final block presents condyle repositioning with staged advancement for low-compliance teenagers, adults avoiding surgery, and patients with TMD or sleep apnea, covering insertion, activation, imaging choices, physiotherapy support and troubleshooting.
Built for
- Orthodontists with a heavy Class II caseloadSeveral treatment philosophies side by side for the same malocclusion.
- Clinicians with an interest in TMD and airwayFunctional analysis and bite jumping for jaw-joint and apnea patients.
- Surgeons working with orthodontistsA clear case for when chin surgery adds to the result.
Curriculum
Different treatment of skeletal Class II, part 1 (1 h 30 min) 4 topics
- Documentation protocol: medical history, dental anamnesis, muscle and joint palpation, Bruxchecker, mounting casts with anatomic face bow and Reference Position wax, individual face bow after condylography in special cases
- Factors determining stomatognathic function: sagittal condylar inclination, occlusal plane inclination, fronto-canine control
- Compensatory mechanisms in skeletal discrepancies: dentoalveolar, vertical, articular
- Evolution of the human skull and keys to orthodontic reconstruction of occlusion: vertical dimension, occlusal plane inclination, posterior discrepancy
Different treatment of skeletal Class II, part 2 (1 h 59 min) 5 cases
- Skeletal Class II high angle
- Skeletal Class II low angle
- Skeletal Class II open bite
- Skeletal Class II dysfunctional case
- Skeletal Class II early treatment
The aesthetic importance of genioplasty in Class II, part 1 (1 h 9 min) 1 topic
- Chin hypoplasia in Class II and the role of genioplasty in facial balance
The aesthetic importance of genioplasty in Class II, part 2 (1 h 30 min) 1 topic
- Genioplasty alongside orthodontic or combined orthodontic-orthognathic correction
Treatment on various systems with and without surgery, extraction and MARPE, part 1 (1 h 37 min) 6 topics
- Presentation and introduction
- Why the transition from conventional techniques (Ricketts) to self-ligation
- Understanding passive ligation (Damon) to change to interactive
- Introduction to the CCO System
- Biomechanical properties and bracket dimensions: binding, notching and friction
- Torque expression, rotational control and choice of arch form
Treatment on various systems with and without surgery, extraction and MARPE, part 2 (1 h 49 min) 4 topics
- Clinical cases step by step: crowding, vertical, extraction and more
- MARPE: the ultimate revolution in transverse deficiency
- The future is right here: SureSmile Ortho
- Conclusions and Q&A
Progressive Bite Jumping: non-compliance and non-extraction treatment, parts 1 and 2 (1 h 54 min each) 20 objectives
- The three columns of the progressive bite jumping concept
- Etiology of malocclusion and its correlation to TMD and airway disorders
- Manual functional analysis as a preliminary step for successful Class II treatment
- Management of patients with poor cooperation or poor oral hygiene
- Management of unilateral Class II asymmetries
- Management of aplasia and lost molars in adolescent Class II cases
- Avoiding surgery in moderate adult Class II cases
- Manual therapy and physiotherapy as accompanying treatment in severe cases
- Condyle capping and fossa shifting in Class II treatment
- Integrating orthodontics and orofacial orthopedics into comprehensive restorative treatment
- Orthodontic treatment of moderate Class II sleep apnea cases
- Avoiding iatrogenic TMD during dental and orthodontic treatment
- Pre-orthodontic bite determination: the Aqua-Balance concept
- Indications and contraindications of imaging (CBCT, MRI) for Class II treatment
- Indications and contraindications of instrumental diagnostics, axiography and EMG
- Fascination and illusion of the digital workflow and 3D approach in orthodontics
- Balancing scientific evidence and practice-oriented approaches
- The retention concept of SARA splints
- Prevention and management of relapse
- Troubleshooting
Before you buy
Is this a structured course or congress recordings?
It is a set of congress lectures, so each speaker presents an individual concept rather than following one continuous syllabus.
Do the two bite jumping sessions repeat each other?
They share one published outline and learning objectives; together they form a single topic of almost four hours.
Which speaker gives which talk?
Lectures are not credited to individual speakers in the program.
Do I get CME credit or a certificate?
No. Clinicapedia provides the educational content only — no CME or CE credits, MOC points or certificates of completion are included with this product.
Specifications
| Format | Recorded congress lectures |
|---|---|
| Speakers | Aladin Sabbagh, Armando Dias da Silva, David Sanz, Monica Casadei |
| Contents | 8 lectures |
| Duration | 13 h 24 min |
| Access | Lifetime, self-paced |
| Department | Dentistry |
| Delivery | Instant download · lifetime re-download |
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