This course will take you from zero to hero of the following orthodontic topics: Cleft Lip and Palate; Minor Surgical Procedures.

Here are the main headlines that this course covers:

Cleft Lip and Palate

1. Definitions

2. Prenatal development of lip and palate

2.1 Development of the nose

2.2 Development of the secondary palate

3. Cleft Lip with/without Cleft Palate (CL and CLP)

3.1 Anatomy and function in cleft situations

• Lip

• Nose

• Upper alveolus

• Mandible

• Hard palate

• Soft palate

3.2 Classification

3.3 Etiology

3.4 Dental development with clefts

3.5 Development of the occlusion

3.6 Prenatal diagnosis

4. Treatment

4.1 Presurgical Maxillary Orthopaedics

4.2 Early Orthodontics (5–8 Years Old)

4.3 Conventional Orthodontics (11–15 Years Old)

4.4 Late and Retreatment Adult Orthodontics

Minor Surgical Procedures

1. Minor surgical procedures

1.1 Frenectomy

• Diagnosis

• Treatment

1.2 Gingival enlargement during orthodontic tooth movement

1.3 Circumferential fiberotomy

1.4 Supracrestal Fiberotomy

1.5 Autotransplantation

2. Orthognathic surgery

2.1 Malocclusions indicated for surgery

2.2 Esthetic and Psychosocial Considerations

2.3 Contraindications to surgery

2.4 Orthodontic camouflage versus surgery

2.5 Diagnosis and treatment planning

• Evaluation of Face

• Smile analysis

2.6 Diagnostic Features of Common Dentofacial Deformity

2.7 Surgical procedures

2.7.1 Mandibular Surgery

• The sagittal split osteotomy

• Vertical subsigmoid osteotomy

• Genioplasty

• Anterior subapical osteotomy

2.7.2 Maxillary Surgery

• The LeFort I osteotomy

• Segmental osteotomy

2.7.3 Dentoalveolar Surgery

• Distraction Osteogenesis

2.7.4 Adjunctive Facial Procedures

• Chin Augmentation or Reduction

• Rhinoplasty

• Implants for Facial Soft Tissue Contours

• Submental Procedures

2.8 Timing of Surgery

2.9 Presurgical objectives

• Intra-arch objectives

• Anteroposterior (sagittel) objectives

• Transverse objectives

• Vertical objectives

2.10 Objectives during surgery, fixation, and immediately postfixation

2.11 Postsurgical and retention objectives

2.12 Postsurgical Stability and Clinical Success

2.13 Risks of orthognathic surgery