Recipients

Dentists

Access requirements

• Degree in Dental Medicine
• Practice dentistry
• Former graduates of the Functional Jaw Orthopedics course at the Wilma Simões European Institute

Program

Mod.1 – Update on Functional Jaw Orthopedics and Clinic I
Mod. 2 – Update on Functional Jaw Orthopedics and Clinic II

See the detailed program here (in portuguese)

General objectives / Competences to be acquired

At the end of this full course, trainees will be able to:
• Deepen their knowledge about diagnosis and treatment plans with functional orthopedic appliances.
• Upgrade their knowledge on the Simões Network appliances and accessories. • Know the whole construction sequence of the functional orthopedic appliances, prioritizing the tracing of the casts, writing of the laboratory prescription and the verification of the appliance after its construction.
• Deepen their knowledge about the sequence and priorities when choosing the appliances.

Educational Strategic Objective:

At the end of this full course, trainees will be able to:
• Perform a diagnosis and prognosis according to the specific methods of FJO (Cephalometric analysis of Simões, Petrovic and Bimler);
• Acquire knowledge about the priorities when choosing the functional orthopedic appliances;
• Acquire knowledge about the choice sequence of functional orthopedic appliances;
• Acquire knowledge about when to change the functional orthopedic appliances;
• Acquire knowledge about when to change the functional orthopedic appliances;
• Acquire knowledge about the use of the accessories in the appliances;
• Know the correct construction of the functional orthopedic appliances, in order to make a critical analysis of the appliances coming from the laboratory;
• Know how to trace the models and make an appliance prescription for the laboratory.
• Know how to perform the retention phase in functional orthopedic treatments;
• Deepen and update the knowledge about the SNs appliances;
• Perform the activation of the functional orthopedic appliances in the mouth;
• Seminars to discuss the clinical cases of the Institute and of the trainees

January 16, 2025 – 320 hours

January 23, 2025 – 320 hours

January 21, 2025 – 40 hours

February 5, 2025 – 80 hours

March 7, 2025 – 8 hours

16 hours