• Course Code :
  ORP 432
• Level :
  Undergraduate
• Course Hours :
  2.00 Hours
• Department :
  Faculty of Oral & Dental Medicine

Instructor information :

• Title:Professor
• Name: ESSAM MOHAMED NASSEF SELIM
• Office hours:2-Hours


• Title:Lecturer
• Name: SAMEH MOHAMED TALAAT TAHA MOHAMED
• Office hours:-Hours


• Title:Professor
• Name: Hala Munir Abdelmajeed El Sayed
• Office hours:2-Hours


• Title:Assistant Lecturer
• Name: Reem Mohamed Hazem Hassan Hassan Aly El Shazly
• Office hours:-Hours


• Title:Assistant Lecturer
• Name: Sara Usama Saeed Imam
• Office hours:-Hours


• Title:Teaching Assistant
• Name: Abdelrahman Mostafa Mahmoud Eldesouky Elbosaily
• Office hours:-Hours

1)-To educate the students about the basics features of facial growth and development and to familiarize students with progressing abnormalities in dental patients . 2)- To familiarize the student with the knowledge of occlusion and to be able to manage the etiological factors associated with the disordered occlusion. 3)- To enable the students to diagnose orthodontic problems 4)- To understand appropriate time of intervention in potential orthodontic cases and to reach students preventive and interceptive measures in developing malocclusions and improve problem solving skills 5)- To enable development and application of appropriate professional attitudes and communication .

Diagnosis, preventive and interceptive orthodontics. biology of tooth movements, therapeutic extraction. Orthodontics appliances principles, anchorage, materials used and retention. Practical appliances and wires.

Course outcomes:

a. Knowledge and Understanding:
	1- Recognize the basis of normal human facial growth and development from birth until completion of growth 2- Describe the stages of normal development of occlusion during infancy , primary dentition , mixed dentition , and permanent dentition 3- Recognize the phases of eruption and their effect on development of malocclusion 4- Define the terminology of malposed teeth and different types of classification of malocclusion 5- Identify the etiological factors of malocclusion and its impact on the developing occlusion 6- Describe extra oral and intraoral examination from an orthodontic perspective 7- Discuss the concept of extraction in orthodontics 8- Discuss the biological principles of tooth movement and describe the different types of tooth movement 9- Describe the basic biomechanical principles of orthodontics tooth movement 10- Recognize the behavior of orthodontics wires 11- Describe the needed measures for the prevention of malocclusion in the primary and mixed dentition stage 12- Identify the appropriate management of abnormalities affecting the occlusion in the primary and mixed dentition 13- Recognize the basic principles of orthodontic appliance design 14- Enumerate possible orthognathic surgical techniques and list the types of malocclusions that would indicate their choice for treatment 15- Recognize the problem of relapse and the procedures taken to maintain the position of teeth achieved by orthodontic treatment 16- Recognize the sequelae of untreated malocclusion and its influence on oral health 17- Recognize the interrelationship between orthodontics and other dental specialties 18- Recognize the iatrogenic effect in orthodontics 19- Identify the moral and ethical responsibility involved in the provision of care to individual patients and community
b. Intellectual Skills:
	1- Recognize a developing normal occlusion and be able to distinguish abnormal deviation that necessitates treatment . 2- Select appropriate time of intervention in potential orthodontic cases and what these interventions are likely to be 3- Apply knowledge and understanding of etiology in the process of diagnosis , prevention and treatment in the mixed dentition stage
c. Professional and Practical Skills:
	1- Record accurately patient's chief compliant 2- Report and document a complete focused medical and dental history for patients 3- Carry out extra-oral and intraoral examination of the patient including head and neck , oral hard and soft tissues 4- Perform and document a complete physical and mental status examination for a patient 5- Prescribe diagnostic aids appropriate for every individual case 6- Interpret acquired data in term of their diagnostic significances 7- Identify accurately underlying dento-skeletal abnormalities by analyzing cephalometric radiographs 8- Identify accurately space problems through study cast analysis 9- Identify problems, prioritize them and generate a treatment plan for each patient 10- Design and effectively utilize simple removable appliances to interfere with a developing malocclusion ( simple removable appliances ) 11- Design and effectively utilize appropriate space maintenance appliances tailored for individual cases . 12- Design and effectively utilize appliances that interfere with abnormal oral habits that affect normal development of occlusion . 13- Design and effectively utilize removable space regaining appliances 14- Design and effectively utilize appliances to correct cross bite situations in the primary and mixed dentition
d. General and Transferable Skills:
	1- Communicate effectively with children , adolescents and their families 2- Recognize when and how to refer patients for specialist advise or treatment. 3- Communicate with other healthcare professionals both verbally and in globally accepted written formats . 4- Recognize moral and ethical responsibilities involved in the provision of care to individual patents and to community 5- Recognize the value and role of lifelong learning self assessment and critical thinking in maintaining competency

For further information :

• Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
• E-mail: [email protected]