Pediatric Dentofacial Orthopedics – Airway-Friendly Orthodontics

 

The pediatric clinician must know about transverse dimension and structural relationships. Functional deviations benefit from facial orthopedics to resolve jaw/arch width discrepancies and Class II/Class III imbalances. The younger a patient receives maxillary or mandibular orthopedic growth modification, the more the jaws and pediatric airway reveal significant improvement.

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  1. Do you have an upcoming mini-residency for airway orthodontics? I am a pediatric dentist and I am going to implement -but need more guidance.
    thank you

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