Course description:

A busy orthodontic practice is focused on bite rearrangement, aiming at straightening teeth and creating a functioning occlusion. In most instances, moderate-to-severe crowding cases are treated with extraction mechanics due to its predictability and defined time frame. The course of airway orthodontic approach has started long ago with protocols suggested by Isaacson in 1964, when a rapid palatal expansion had shown to produce maxillary skeletal expansion. Orthodontics have been routinely using both slow and rapid expansion protocols with conventional fixed palatal expanders until the development of mini-screw assisted palatal expansion. Dentists will learn about the variety of maxillary skeletal expansion devices, their specifications, indications, and side effects. The group will learn the orthodontic treatment sequence with skeletal expansion appliances.

Learning objectives:

• Indications for maxillary skeletal expansion

• Effects of maxillary skeletal expansion on nasal and oropharyngeal airways

• Orthodontic treatment sequence with maxillary skeletal expansion

• Protocols of maxillary skeletal expansion

• Retention after maxillary skeletal expansion

Dr. Svitlana Koval is Florida`s major provider for MSE and MARPE procedures. Dr. Koval graduated from Odessa National Medical University in 2009 with Master`s Degree in Orthodontics. Dr. Koval practiced Orthodontics in Odessa, Ukraine from 2009 till 2018. In 2020 she graduated from Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine with Magna Cum Laude. Dr. Koval is the author for more than 25 articles in T-scan digital occlusal analysis in Orthodontics, a book chapter for the Research Book of T-scan digital Occlusal Analysis, Opinion-Leader for T-scan digital occlusal analysis in Orthodontics, Active Member of the European Society of Lingual Orthodontics, International Association of Orthodontists. Dr. Koval practices Orthodontics in Boca Raton, Fl at Dr. Koval Orthodintics.