La Spezia, 31 January – 5 February 2027 – Giuseppe Cozzani Institute
TEOS - Back to Basic and Biomechanics
Six intensive days focused on the basic principles of orthodontics, teeth, bone structure, and soft tissues. The practical work on orthodontic wires, using 3D-printed Typodonts and wax Typodonts, will take up almost 70% of the available time, teaching participants how to best control dental movements in three dimensions.
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Approach
Istituto Giuseppe Cozzani
Exercises
Program
08:30–19:00
- Welcome and pliers check
- Introduction to the diagnosis and to a reasoned approach to treatment plan
- Wire bending: basic loops: omega loop stop, closing loop, running loop, helical bulbous loop
- The orders: the basis for individualized treatment
The first order
Wire bending: step in / step out, lower and upper first order
coordinated archwires
- Diagnosis and treatment plan based on FACE, SKELETAL PATTERN, DENTITION
- The orders: the basis for individualized treatment
The third order
Wire bending: standard torque, active/passive torque, sectional and single torque
09:00–19:00
- Wire bending: coordinated archwires with first and third order
- “Extractions or no extractions: that is the question”
- Case reports
- The orders: the basis for individualized treatment
The second order
Wire bending: lower and upper anchorage preparation
step up / step down, bends for root uprighting
- Case reports
- Wire bending: “all the bends together” coordinated archwires with all three orders
09:00–19:00
- Treatment on 3D models of a class I malocclusion with extraction of the first four bicuspids
Wire bending: set#1 denture preparation: alignment, anchorage preparation and cuspid
retraction
set#2 denture correction: space closure
set#3 denture finition
first, third and second orders exercises to finalize the case
- Lower incisor extraction: when is it an acceptable compromise?
09:00–19:00
- RECAP: Wire bending: “all the bends together” coordinated archwires with all three orders
- Class II malocclusuions
- Treatment on wax typodont of a class II malocclusion with extraction of first upper bicuspids and second lower bicuspids
Wire bending: set#1 denture preparation: alignment, upper anchorage preparation,
cuspid retraction and first molar mesialization
set#2 denture correction: upper space closure, lower anchorage preparation
- Case reports
09:00–17:00
- Treatment on 3D models of a class II malocclusion with extraction of first upper bicuspids and second lower bicuspids
Wire bending: set#2 denture correction: upper space closure, lower anchorage preparation
- Class II treatment without bicuspids extractions: upper sequential distalization with and without the
use of buccalTADs
Wire bending: upper helical bulbous loop wire and lower stabilization wire
- Case reports
09:00–17:00
- Treatment on 3D models of a class II malocclusion with extraction of first upper bicuspids and second lower bicuspids
Wire bending: set#3 denture finition
first, third and second orders exercises to finalize the case
- Application of Tweed biomechanics in the treatment of the adult patients
- Compromise in orthodontics: camouflage treatments
- Case reports
END OF THE COURSE
Required materials
Fees & Deadlines
Enrollment
3.000€ + VAT
Reduced fee
For information: air.giove.gb@gmail.com
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Giovanni Biondi
President-elect of the Tweed Charles H. International Foundation for Orthodontic Research.
Mauro Cozzani
He served as President of the Italian Society of Orthodontics (SIDO).
