Unit A - Part 1
- Describe ideal occlusion regarding tooth relationship to the line of occlusion.
- Describe ideal occlusion in transverse, antero-posterior, and vertical planes.
- List dental characteristics for the Angle classification and discuss its advantages.
- Describe functional, health, and psychosocial reasons for treatment.
- Describe realistic goals for orthodontic treatment and their evolution.
- Discuss treatment need versus demand in the current environment.
Unit A - Part 2
- Categorize known causes of malocclusion and their relative prevalence.
- Identify malocclusions linked to inherited jaw proportions and provide supporting evidence.
- Explain how mandibular trauma affects future growth.
- Identify the magnitude and duration of force required for tooth movement (e.g., thumb sucking habits).
- Describe the maturation of oral function and swallowing patterns from infancy to adulthood.
- Discuss myofunctional therapy for tongue thrusting and its validity for anterior open bite.
- Describe the role of nasal obstruction in malocclusion etiology.
Unit B
Dentofacial Proportions
- Describe ideal proportions from full-face (symmetry) and lateral (A-P/vertical) aspects.
- Describe methods, objectives, and limitations of facial form analysis.
- Perform a facial form analysis.
Cephalometric Analysis
- Discuss the history and two major uses of cephalometric radiography.
- Identify and trace landmarks for the cranial base, maxilla, mandible, and dentition.
- Evaluate if incisors are retrusive, proper, or protrusive relative to supporting bone.
- Evaluate jaw relationships to the cranial base and each other.
- Compare measurement analysis versus template analysis.
- Complete overall, maxillary, and mandibular superimpositions on composite tracings.
- Describe changes in composite tracings related to growth or treatment.
Space Analysis
- Identify the four major assumptions of space analysis regarding growth.
- Discuss why accuracy decreases in non-Class I jaw relationships.
- Identify necessary diagnostic materials.
- Perform a space analysis as described in the practical exercise.
- Interpret results considering retrusive or protrusive incisors.
Systematic Description
- Identify the five major characteristics of systematic malocclusion description.
- Relate incisor crowding to incisor protrusion.
- Differentiate skeletal versus dental posterior crossbites, Class II/III malocclusions, and open/deep bites.