Duration	Onsite practice	Total
Orthodontic principles and clinical skills programme	7 months	3 days	10.000 €

In addition, a accommodation fee of EUR 950.00 will be charged for hotel costs (incl. breakfast) and transfer between the various training locations.

Payment Option: The tuition fee can be paid in instalments. An invoice will be issued to the participant for each instalment due.

Final Certificate:	Curriculum Orthodontics
Issued:	International Medical College, Dresden University of Technology, Deutsche Chirurgiestiftung

This course is the entry requirement for the Specialised Orthodontics curriculum

1. General information and history

• Introduction and basic information
• History of functional orthodontics

2. Physiology and pathology of oral structures

• Body growth – basics
• Skull growth
• Jaw growth
• Tooth development
• Stages of dental developement
• Dental malformations
• Tooth supporting structures

3. Basics of orthodontic treatment

• Biomechanics
• Tooth movement
• Factors influencing tooth movement

4. Clinical diagnosis

• Classification and nomenclature of malocclusions
• Orthodontic anamnesis
  • Patients interview
  • Anamnesis
    • Family anamnesis
    • Own anamnesis
• Clinical findings
  • Intraoral findings
  • Extraoral findings
• Orthodontic photo analysis
• Orthodontic model analysis
• X-Ray diagnostics
  • Orthopantogram
  • Cephalometric lateral analysis
  • Cervical matural alterations (CVM) method

5. Fundamentals for the manufacture of removable appliances

• Pliers
• Orthodontic retaining elements
• Orthodontic spring elements
• Orthodontic screw elements

All online lectures are conducted using the Zoom conference system. In most cases, these are recorded and can be reviewed during the course of study.

Title	Date	Lecturer

Title	Place	Date	Lecturer

Clinical Skills Training Programme (3 days in Germany)

Title	Duration	Date	Lecturer
Orthodontic diagnosis and assessment	1 day	TBA	NN
Fabrication of a monomaxillary orthodontic appliance	2 day	TBA	NN