Who is this course for?
If you are
✅ Postgraduate Student in Orthodontics
- And you're looking to differentiate yourself in a competitive market from the start of your career.
- You want to learn how to apply modern, simple, and effective orthodontics.
- You desire guided mentorship that goes beyond the conventional, offering you a clear and proven path to clinical success.
- You aspire to professional recognition that makes you stand out, especially if you are looking to gain a foothold and build trust quickly among colleagues and patients.
✅ Orthodontic Professional
- And you feel it’s time to update yourself and take your practice to the next level.
- You face the pressure of growing competition and wish to consolidate your position and authority in the field.
- You long to offer more efficient treatments that meet patients’ expectations with modern orthodontics that require less chair time and simpler mechanics.
- You appreciate the flexibility of online learning and seek to train without sacrificing valuable time from your clinic or personal life.
Then this course is for you
MODULE 1
✅ MODULE 1: Introduction to Low Friction Orthodontics
- Biological bases of tooth movement and their clinical application.
- Introduction to Self-Ligating Systems: Evolution, advantages, and benefits.
- Different types of self-ligation: Active, Passive, and Interactive.
- Friction in self-ligating systems and its importance in clinical timelines.
- Concepts of friction and resistance to sliding: Binding and Notching.
- Dr. Pitts' philosophy on passive self-ligating.
- Dr. Pitts' 5 fundamental pillars: Bracket, Elastics, Archwires, Disocclusions, and Simultaneous Biomechanics.
MODULE 2
✅ MODULE 2: Bracket and 3D Control
- Presentation of different brackets: H4, Clear21, Pitts21PRO.
- From rectangular to square slot: Clinical advantages and 3D control.
- Different slot sizes: Progressive Slot.
- Intra Slot Biomechanics: Vertical Play, Horizontal Play, and rotational control.
- Bracket prescriptions and their clinical application.
MODULE 3
✅MODULE 3: Disocclusion
- Reasons and objectives for disocclusions.
- Placement of posterior stops and anterior bite turbos.
- Step-by-step construction of disocclusions.
- Timing for removing disocclusions.
- Importance of muscle exercise and recommended exercises.
MODULE 4
✅ MODULE 4: Elastics
- Materials, diameter, and forces of elastics.
- Use of elastics: when, how, and why.
- Vectorial arrangement according to the objective and maxillary center of rotation.
- Crossed elastics (criss-cross) and Thru the Bite elastics with class vector.
MODULE 5
✅ MODULE 5: Pitts21 Orthodontic Wires
- Characteristics of archwires and their different diagrams and metallographies.
- Importance of load deflection.
- Non-formable (NiTi) and formable (Beta Titanium, TMA, or Steel) archwires.
- Sequence of archwires and their evolution from rectangular to square slot.
- Transversal Analysis and Diagnosis.
MODULE 6
✅ MODULE 6: Simultaneous Biomechanics
- Meaning of "Active Early" and its importance in reducing clinical timelines.
- DPVB Method (Diagnosis, Planning/Therapeutic Vehicle, and Biomechanics) as a starting point for simplifying treatment.
MODULE 7
✅ MODULE 7: Simplified Diagnosis and Aesthetic Evaluation
- Diagnosis in self-ligating: what to add, what to look at, and how to do it.
- Aesthetic evaluation: Macro Aesthetics, Mini Aesthetics, Micro Aesthetics.
- Importance of the upper incisor position and Andrews' GALL line.
- Dr. Pitts' "Top Smile Aesthetics" for achieving balanced aesthetics.
MODULE 8
✅ MODULE 8: Planning and Assembly of Appliances
- Importance of planning in orthodontic treatment.
- Bonding strategies and references used (axis parallelism, mesio-distal, vertical).
- Factors influencing bonding and bonding options: dental measurement vs. smile aesthetics.
- Choice of GPS table (TOM TOM) or SAP, SAP +, or SAP ++ bonding according to specific criteria.
- Smile analysis: types of smiles, smile height, and its impact on the treatment plan.
- Case assembly and variants: Flipped Bonding, Flocked Bonding, or rotating a single piece 180°.
- PANO repo: what it is and when it is done.
- When to reposition a bracket.
Presentation of Demonstrative Clinical Cases
Numerous DOWNLOADABLES (PDF, Images, etc.)
Training from Anywhere
Complete Adaptability
Take advantage of training without leaving your preferred space. The pre-recorded format allows you to pause, rewind, and revisit the lessons as many times as you like, ensuring you internalize each concept at your own pace and from any device.
Continuous Update
Constant Evolution
The world of orthodontics doesn’t stop, and neither should you. This course provides you with up-to-date tools and access to future updates, ensuring that you are always at the forefront of innovations in the field.
