November 29-30, 2024
About
Tethered Oral Tissues - Diagnosis and corrective therapy
Event Dates
November 29-30, 2024
Course Outline
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Comprehensive Two-Day Course
DAY ONE
- Registration and welcome
- Introductions of instructors, sponsors and attendees
- Why are we here?
- History of TOTS, developmental embryology, anatomy
- Why does this matter, airway, growth and development
- TOTS thru the ages ie infant to adult
- Diagnostic protocols
- History(s) *infant and parent(mom) *child and parent
- Examinations intra-oral and extra-oral
- Radiography indications and specifics
- Photography and videography
- Referral review and contact
- Treatment planning
- The diagnostics have led to this what now
- Tools to treat; conventional “cold steel” or Lasers
- Relevant Laser Physics
- Different Lasers explored
- Intra operative considerations and management
- Post operative considerations and management
DAY TWO
- Laser parameters and protocols
- Armamentarium and protocols for infants
- Armamentarium and protocols for toddlers
- Armamentarium and protocols for adolescents and beyond
- Myofunctional considerations
- Myofunctional basics pre and post op
- Tongue strengthening
- Lip seal development
- Surgical procedures and protocols
- Labial specifics and cases
- Lingual specifics and cases
- Post care and followup
- myofunctional exercises
- follow-up appointment and documentation
- follow-up with referral sources
- Implementation in your everyday practice
- training team and buy-in
- communication with potential referral sources
- screen and treatment plan
Details
Location
Toronto - TBA
About The Speakers
Instructors Dr Philip Hand and Dr Douglas Hanson will share their passion, knowledge and technical expertise. The ultimate aim of this training is to provide adequate knowledge and technique to successfully implement the diagnostic and therapeutic protocols required to successfully integrate these protocols to improve your patients growth and development.
Dr Philip L Hand
BDS (Otago University, New Zealand) in 1984
LA&HA Masters in Laser Dentistry (Slovenia)
MSc Laser Dentistry (UCSC Rome)
ICCDE (Orthodontics)
Secretary of the International Academy of Innovative Dentistry (IAID).
Visiting Professor Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome
Board member of ASTOT (Australasian Society for Tethered Oral Tissue)
Active member of IATP (International Affiliation of Tongue-Tie Professionals), ICAP (International Consortium of Ankylofrenula Professionals), the Academy of Laser Dentistry.
Dr Douglas T Hanson
Degrees, Fellowships and Mastership earned
BSc DDS MS LVIF FIAPA LAHA Mastership
Positions held:
Current President of The International Association of Physiologic Aesthetics
Historic President of the Canadian Chapter of The IAPA
Clinical Instructor at LVI Global
Lecturer part time for LVI Global, NDI, LaHa
Clinical Director at Dentistry For Children Sudbury
Honors and awards:
OKU Dental Honor Society
Canadian Dental Association President’s award
LVI Alumnus of the Year Award