• Course Code :
  ORTH 412
• Level :
  Undergraduate
• Course Hours :
  2.00 Hours
• Department :
  Faculty of Oral & Dental Medicine

Instructor information :

• Title:Lecturer
• Name: SAMEH MOHAMED TALAAT TAHA MOHAMED
• Office hours:0-Hours


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


• Title:Associate Professor
• Name: Mostafa Mohamed Ahmed El Dawlatly
• Office hours:-Hours


• Title:Teaching Assistant
• Name: Shahd Osama Hegazy Mohamed Noureldein Elmesaddi
• Office hours:-Hours

1)- To enable the students to diagnose orthodontic problems and methods of management. 2)- 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 3)- to understand the possible causes of orthodontic relapse and methods of retention . 4)- to understand the possible iatrogenic effects of orthodontic treatment.

Tissue reaction and biomechanical principles of tooth movement, Orthodontic appliance design, Anchorage, Preventive Orthodontics, Interceptive Orthodontics, Mixed dentition management, Orthodontic retention and relapse, Iatrogenic effects in orthodontics

Course outcomes:

a. Knowledge and Understanding:
	1- Discuss the concept of extraction in orthodontics 2- Discuss the biological principles of tooth movement 3- Describe the basic biomechanical principles of orthodontics tooth movement 4- Recognize the behavior of orthodontics wires 5- Describe the needed measures for the prevention of malocclusion in the primary and mixed dentition stage 6- State the appropriate management of abnormalities affecting the occlusion in the primary and mixed dentition 7- Recognize the basic principles of orthodontic appliance design 8- Recognize the problem of relapse and the procedures taken to maintain the position of teeth achieved by orthodontic treatment 9- Recognize the sequelae of untreated malocclusion and its influence on oral health 10- Recognize the iatrogenic effect in orthodontics
b. Intellectual Skills:
	1- Select appropriate time and methods of intervention in potential orthodontic cases. 2- distinguish the underlying dento-skeletal abnormalities by analyzing cephalometric radiographs
c. Professional and Practical Skills:
	1- Propose diagnosis , prevention and treatment planning in the mixed dentition stage 2- Design simple removable appliances to interfere with a developing malocclusion 3- Plan appliances that interfere with abnormal oral habits that affect normal development of occlusion . 4- Recommend appliances to correct cross bite situations in the primary and mixed dentition .
d. General and Transferable Skills:
	1- Communicate with other healthcare professionals both verbally and in globally accepted written formats . 2- Recognize moral and ethical responsibilities involved in the provision of care to individual patents and to community

For further information :

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