The purpose is to teach a diagnosis and planning method of the treatment and a standardized orthodontic therapy which is easily repeatable in everyday clinical practice. The Master has an extremely practical style; many hours will be dedicated to the hands on part so that the learner can right away apply in the everyday clinical activity the concepts learned during the course.

The registrations for each course year can be done in January and in July. The course lasts one year starting with the enrollment and it is the period within which the thesis must be submitted, the thesis will be discussed with the members of the didactic Council.

The theoretical lessons will be delivered in the online mode; students will have handouts, bibliography and multiple choice self-assessment questionnaires at their disposal. At the end of each teaching course student must take online exams before proceeding to the next course.

The Master is divided into 6 theoretical modules that will take place on line, and 2 practical modules that will take place on site at the Orthofamily clinical, each module provides for a final exam. It is necessary to pass every module in order to achieve the Master qualification. The modules are the following:

1. The orthodontic treatment diagnosis and planning
The first visit of the patient
The X-ray examination
The regular occlusion
The orthodontic treatment planning

2. The intra-arch mechanics
The positioning of the brackets
The class I malocclusion
The intra-arch mechanics

3. The inter-arch mechanics and the correction of the Class II malocclusion
The Class II malocclusion diagnosis
The therapy in the growing up patient
The Class II functional braces
The distalization of the upper arch
The extractive treatment in second classes

4. The cross-cutting problems
The cross bite diagnosis
The therapy of the growing up patient
Orthopedic surgery
The adult’s treatment
The expansion on miniscrews

5. The correction of Class III malocclusion and vertical problems
Class III malocclusion diagnosis
Therapy of the growing up patient
Therapy in the adult
Open Bite
Deep Bite

6. Dental anomalies, the asymmetries and the contention
Impacted fangs: diagnosis and treatment
Impacted front teeth: diagnosis and treatment
Differential diagnosis of the asymmetries
Contention protocols and the related braces

7. Hand on 1
Intraoral and extraoral photos execution
Cephalometric analysis execution
VTO dental execution
Indirect bonding
Direct bonding
Positioning of Laceback, passive and active Tieback, Bendback on typodont

8. Hand on 2
Clinical cases’ discussion with students
Execution of first-order folds on the archwires
Execution of second-order folds on the archwires
Execution of third-order folds on the archwires

Once all the modules have been passed, before submitting their final dissertation students must take the GCP E6 R2 Certification. 60 CFU are granted at the end of the Master, for the amount of 1500 hours of teaching time.

The Master Degree “Straight Wire Technique according to the Philosophy’s Treatment of Drs. McLaughlin and Bennett” offers several professional advantages.
Graduates in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics will be able to:
1. improve their management and interpersonal skills
2. acquire skills in the use of digital tools in order to manage an orthodontic treatment from start to finish
3. increase knowledge about the patient in developmental age
4. implement the therapeutic offer in their daily practice
5. offer specialist orthodontic consultations

The Admission Requirement for the Academic Master is the possession of:
– a Master’s Degree in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics or
– Degree of the old Italian system in Medicine and Surgery with the registration in the Register of Physicians and Surgeons and annotation of the title of Specialization in Dentistry pursuant to and for the purposes of Art.5 of Law n.409/85.

The tuition cost is 4000€, payable in two installments.
At least 15 participants will be required in order to activate the Master and for this reason we invite you to complete the pre-registration which, however, is not conditioning. Once the necessary number of interested parties has been reached, an official Call for Admission with deadline’s details will be published.