Improve your knowledge through this professional master’s degree, where you will find the best teaching material with real practical cases. Learn here about the latest advances in the speciality to be able to perform quality dental practice"

The demand for orthodontic treatment has increased due to the extension of orthodontic treatment to a large part of the growing population and the fact that it is reaching, in increasing numbers, the adult population as well, often as part of an integrated orthodontic treatment. Therefore, the education of specialists in this area is a necessity and a social demand.

The knowledge acquired will provide the student with the ability to face working life from a more qualified position, giving them a clear advantage when it comes to finding a job, since they will be able to offer the application of the latest technological and scientific advances in the field of orthodontics.

The new scenarios in orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics push TECH to propose new educational programs that meet the real needs of experienced professionals, so that they can incorporate the advances in the specialty into their daily clinical practice.

The program is designed to provide online education, equivalent to 1,500 hours of study. All theoretical and practical knowledge is presented through high-quality multimedia content, analyses of clinical cases prepared by experts, master classes and video techniques that allow the exchange of knowledge and experience. They also enable students to keep up to date, create action protocols and share the most important new developments in the field. With this online program, students can organize their time and pace of learning, adapting it to their schedules, in addition to being able to access the contents from any computer or mobile device.

This program is the best investment in a specialization that you can make for two reasons: you will obtain a professional master’s degree from the largest digital university in the world, TECH, and you will acquire the best and most up-to-date education in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics”

This professional master’s degree in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• More than 75 clinical cases presented by experts in Orthodontics
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Diagnostic and therapeutic novelties on evaluation, diagnosis and intervention in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
• It contains practical exercises where the self-evaluation process can be carried out to improve learning
• Iconography of clinical and diagnostic imaging tests and treatment
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the presented clinical situations
• With special emphasis on evidence-based medicine and research methodologies in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
• All of this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Update your knowledge through the professional master’s degree in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics"

The teaching staff includes a team of Orthodontic and Dentofacial Orthopedics specialists, who bring their experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading scientific societies.

The multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training program to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, whereby the orthodontic must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this purpose, the dentist will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics with extensive teaching experience.

The professional master’s degree provides training in simulated environments, which provides immersive learning designed to train professionals for real situations"

It includes clinical cases to bring the program's degree as close as possible to the reality of care in dentistry"

The professional master’s degree in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics is oriented to facilitate the performance of the dentist dedicated to orthodontic treatment.

This professional master’s degree is designed to help you update your knowledge in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, with the use of the latest educational technology, to contribute with quality and safety to decision-making, diagnosis, treatment, and patient support"

General Objectives

Module 1. Initial Diagnosis  

• Consolidate structural and radiological anatomical knowledge, as well as the practical considerations that students should apply in the diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic planning of orthodontic patients and those requiring dentofacial orthopedics 

Module 2. Advanced Diagnosis  

• Prepare students in the field of diagnostic imaging of the human anatomy, especially in the area of dentistry To do so, students should become familiar with the various imaging techniques available, along with their indications and limitations
• Learn about oral radiology, intra and extrabuccal, with special emphasis on lateral and frontal skull teleradiography. Students will also receive training in other techniques such as simple radiology, ultrasound, CT, CBCT and MRI, especially for the cervico-facial areal  

Module 3. Etiology of Malocclusions and Dentofacial Deformities  

• Train students in the skills to be able to diagnose, describe, classify, transmit and plan malocclusions treatment, being able to distinguish between skeletal and dental problems  
• Acquire sufficient skills to diagnose, classify and treat dental malocclusions caused by osseo-dental discrepancy  
• Know how to identify the different malocclusive syndromes and craniofacial deformities, as well as the functional alterations of the stomatognathic system that accompany morphological alterations  

Module 4. Treatment Plan  

• Be able to identify disorders that require treatment, as well as the ideal age to treat each type of disorder: To determine the specific therapeutic objectives of each treatment  
• Determine the individual characteristics of patients, both physical, psychological and social  
• Take medical histories, examine patients and take records  
• Know how to take clinical histories and perform usual examinations, as well as request and interpret the complementary examinations used in comprehensive patient diagnosis  

Module 5. Advanced Clinical Biomechanics  

• Know how to apply the retention protocols for different deformities, as well as the principles and mechanisms involved in physiological rebound and malocclusions recurrence  
• Revise the principles of biomechanics applied to orthodontic and the morphofunctional fundamentals 
• Update knowledge of bonding techniques for brackets and bands 
• Classify the different types of microscrews
• Identify surgical aids to tooth movement, updating microperforation and corticotomy techniques 

Module 6. Early Dentofacial Orthopedics  

• Know and understand the indications, contraindications and limits of Orthodontics,
• Dentofacial Orthodontics and Orthognathic Surgery  
• Be able to identify and prevent or treat risk factors for patient relapse   
• Determine the appropriate interventions in early orthopedics and neuro-occlusal rehabilitation (NOR)
• Review the planar law of minimum vertical dimension and functional masticatory angle
• Establish the necessary actions for the implementation of therapeutics during the first year
• Differentiate between the characteristics of therapy in the first dentition and in the mixed dentition and second dentition
• Describe the treatments in deciduous dentition and mixed first phase
• Establish current evidence-based protocols, including indications and contraindications at different treatment ages
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the consequences of pathological situations of overbite, posterior crossbite and transversal problems
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the diagnostic and therapeutic processes of facial asymmetry in children
• Describe the alterations in the eruption of canines, incisors, premolars and molars

Module 7. Late Dentofacial Orthopedics  

• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to space problems and serial extraction 
• Predict the efficacy and efficiency of different treatments and correction stability   

Module 8. Conventional Orthodontics  

• Review the basic therapeutic principles of the other specialties in medicine and dentistry  
• Know and understand the different parts in elaborating scientific articles  
• Know how to handle different databases in Health Sciences 
• Develop strategies for searching and organizing information

Module 9. Advanced Treatments in Conventional Orthodontics  

• Identify disorders, pathologies or special characteristics that should be treated in collaboration with other Health Science specialists  
• Know Orthodontic Specialist skills within a multidisciplinary team for treating special patients with dentofacial deformity and malocclusion  
• Describe the techniques for dental implantology and the use of anchor screws
• Classify the different tools and materials for carrying out an implant procedure
• Distinguish the different types of anchor screws
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of clinical and laboratory techniques to improve system efficacy and efficiency
• Revise current evidence-based protocols
• Determine surgical and non-surgical aids to speed up dental movement
• Determine the therapeutic options for impacted teeth and other eruption disorders
• Describe the therapeutic options for open bite situations
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the steps involved in the multipass technique 

Module 10. Multidisciplinary Treatments  

• Develop skills in the search and organization of documentation, and in presenting and communicating their work adequately to the scientific community   
• Create action plans that complement the different treatments in a comprehensive overview of any complications in orthodontics
• Determine the main characteristics of periodontal patients 
• Describe the characteristics of the anterior front and its relationship to therapeutic options and the aesthetic component
• Classify the different types of orthodontics and prosthetics in multidisciplinary treatment
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of orthodontic techniques and the therapeutic options for SAHS in pediatric patients
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of orthodontic techniques and the therapeutic options for SAHS in adult patients
• Revise the MAD fundamentals for the treatment of SAHS in adult patients
• Describe record taking in the candidate patient
• Distinguish the different types of devices in multidisciplinary orthodontic therapy and describe their main characteristics
• Gain up-to-date knowledge on action protocols in orthodontics 

Module 11. Lingual Orthodontics  

• Review the latest developments in advanced treatments in conventional orthodontics and multidisciplinary treatments   
• Review the historical milestones of lingual orthodontics 
• Classify the different types of lingual orthodontics 
• Determine the most relevant differences between vestibular orthodontics and lingual orthodontics
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the laboratory procedures in lingual orthodontics
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the cementing and recementing procedure in the orthodontic patient
• Determine the protocols and classical arch sequences
• Identify the types of ligatures and their use
• Review the reasons for emergencies and the most frequent complications in lingual orthodontics
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the combined use of microscrews  

Module 12. Orthodontics and Orthognathic Surgery  

• Diagnose which are the main causes of orthognathic surgery 
• Identify the correct procedure for the surgical procedure
• Postoperative Care 
• Establish the objectives of orthognathic surgery
• Revise the morphofunctional fundamentals of the temporal-mandibular joint
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the orthognathic surgery techniques and the fixed splints
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the pre-surgical approach techniques used in orthognathic surgery
• Determine the pre-surgical planning phases and the functions of the dentist
• Identify and classify the different types of orthognathic surgery models
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the different therapeutic options in the postoperative phase 

Module 13. Thermoplastic Orthodontics  

• Gain up-to-date knowledge on research methodologies that allow for evidence-based orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics  

Module 14. Dental Aligner Correction in 3 Planes of Space  

• Identify and analyze the correct use of aligners for corrective benefit in orthodontics 
• Identify the correct placement of the aligners 

Module 15. Transparent Splints in Orthognathic and Oral Surgery  

• Review the latest developments in advanced treatments in conventional orthodontics and multidisciplinary treatments  

Module 16. Multidisciplinary Thermoplastic Orthodontics and Case Completion  

• Gain up-to-date knowledge on the latest developments in aesthetic and/or invisible orthodontics  
• Gain in-depth knowledge of multidisciplinary thermoplastic orthodontics 
  
  

Take advantage of this opportunity and take the step to get up to date on the latest developments in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics"