Postural Orthodontics Advanced Course Phase 1 (2020 Version)
(Recording of 17th May 2020 Livestream)
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This is the Advanced Course (Phase 1) of the Postural Orthodontics seminar (recording of the 17th May 2020 Livestream, 8:30am to 5:30pm). It builds on the foundation laid by the "2-Day Introduction to Postural Orthodontics" seminar.
The Postural Orthodontics System
Postural Orthodontics is a unique approach to early intervention utilizing existing techniques (Orthotropic principles and appliances) and new methods and protocols that are evidence-based and results oriented.
Functional Orthopedics has been practised for almost 100 years. Most orthodontic systems use some form of functional expansion appliance, incorporating orofacial myology.
Our orthodontic profession theorizes that bone growth can be stimulated by functional activity. Accordingly, conventional phase 1 appliances & exercises leverage functional movement, hoping to stimulate jaw growth.
But these treatments haven’t been proven effective in creating substantial, lasting changes.
In fact, over the last 40 years of clinical trials, we have never been able to show significant clinical changes through any of the traditional phase 1 treatment systems.
They move teeth around a bit better but don’t help the jaw to grow better.
The GOPex method primarily assists in improving the rest positions of the jaws & muscles. It’s considered posturally-focused, rather than functionally focused. This is a critical distinction because body growth happens only at postural rest, not in functional motion.
Over the past 10 years of research in clinical practice, we have generated hundreds of case studies showing significant results.
The first 145 cases have been accepted for research evaluation at the University of Alberta, University of Valencia and Autonomous National University of Mexico.
Preliminary findings presented at the Summer meeting of Spanish orthodontics society 2019 by Prof José Luis Gandía - Franco from the University of Valencia in Spain, showed more than promising results.
We compared our Postural Orthodontics method with the standard twin-bloc approach (the most popular functional appliance) in a class-2, division-1 malocclusion case.
We had 3 to 7-fold improvements over what twin-bloc could provide.
As expected, the functional appliances only affected the dental alveolar bone, with no skeletal change. Whereas our method resulted in improvements of 3.46 degrees in ANB (vs 1.37) and 1.92 degrees of reduction in Y-axis (vs .26).
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Your Instructor
Dr. Simon Wong is a leading expert in facial growth guidance (Orthotropics) and the creator of Postural Orthodontics. He has held the position of visiting professor, co-director of the Orthotropics Module at the University Of Valencia, Department of Orthodontics, and is a Fellow of the International Academy of Dental Facial Aesthetics.
The past 15 years, as the principle of the clinic Natural Smiles Centre based in Melbourne, Australia he’s been focused on the correction of early childhood craniofacial development issues; a devoted practitioner for the early correction of malocclusion.
He is a published author with journal and textbook articles on sleep disordered breathing with his most recent article “The Jaw Epidemic: Recognition, Origins, Cures, and Prevention" published in BioScience.
His current clinical research at the Orthodontic department of the University of Alberta, and most recently at Texas A&M under the supervision of Dr. Peter Buschang will hopefully provide the pathway for the future of Orthodontics to be focused on cures and prevention for all orofacial developmental issues for our children.
Course Curriculum
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StartVideo #1 - Introduction & COVID-19 Update (56:06)
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StartVideo #2 - Intro to Treatment Planning and Case Presentation (17:45)
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StartVideo #3 - Reading the Face (Slides Courtesy of Prof. John Mews) (42:57)
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StartVideo #4 - Expert Photography (24:46)
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StartVideo #5 - Postural Orthodontics Protocol (24:44)
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StartVideo #6 - Presentation Construction (62:00)
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StartVideo #7 - Contract Consent Construction (36:15)
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StartVideo #8 - Case Presentation 1 (20k Case) (71:14)
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StartVideo #9 - Case Presentation 2 & 3 (8k cases) & Other Examples (80:53)
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StartVideo #10 - Introduction to Phase 2 (3:31)
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StartVideo #11 - Final Q&A (35:00)