Functional Jaw Orthopedics – Update and Improvement – National Course 

(taught in portuguese)

Course details:

Dates
May 23 to September 20, 2024

Workload:
32 hours
2 modules of 16 hours

Shedule
Labor – 9h00 – 18h00

 

Trainer:
Dr. Carina Esperancinha
Functional Jaw Orthopedic Specialist

 


Certified training

Price:
850€ (module)

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

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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

Shedule:

M1 – May 23 and 24, 2023
M2 – Sept. 19 and 20, 2023

A big thank you to the Institute for breaking down barriers in the world of dentistry and for working so hard to open our horizons and to get us excited about a new world of possibilities.

Dr. Sara Rodrigues

Dentist

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