CE0855: Implementing TADs Into Your Daily Practice

Sebastian Baumgaertel, DMD, MSD

The University of Washington thanks
Dentaurum
for its generous educational grant in support of this program.

Course Description:

The introduction of 'temporary anchorage devices' (TADs) represents an unparalleled paradigm shift in the specialty of orthodontics, where absolute anchorage is no longer an ideal but an everyday reality. This course will provide evidence-based information on the theory and practice of orthodontic anchorage, and create the knowledge and comfort level necessary for practitioners to treat a wide variety of indications with a high level of success. Topics that will be discussed include treatment planning and implant site location, self-tapping vs. self-drilling, keys to maximizing clinical success rates, simple and efficient biomechanics, and being prepared for both the opportunities and the challenges involved with anchorage pin use. However, before the theory can be applied on live patients, it is necessary to gain an adequate hands-on comfort level with this new treatment method. Therefore this course offers a hands-on workshop following the main lecture which will present didactic elements and practical exercises on simulation models and successfully, what specific biomechanics to to use for three different indications, and how to load and remove a tomas pin. At the conclusion of this workshop, each participant will be able to keep the patient simulation model they personally created. This will serve as an excellent consultation aid for use with future patients.

Course Objectives - As a result of attending this course, the participant should be able to:

• Describe the essential design features of orthodontic min-implants
• Properly place mini-implants
• Perform proper implant site selection
• Explore strategies to maximize clinical success
• Discuss simple and efficient TAD-based biomechanics
• Complete hands-on training on simulation models (placement, biomechanics, etc.)

Instructor:

SEBASTIAN BAUMGAERTEL received his dental degree with honors from the University of Bonn, Germany, where he later assumed a teaching ad research position in the Policlinic for Prosthetic Dentistry. He received his orthodontic education at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio where he graduated from the Masters program with a Master of Science in Dentistry. He also holds the position of Assistant Clinical Professor at the same institution and is co-director of the subspecialty clinic for skeletal anchorage. In addition, Dr. Baumgaertel maintains an active private practice in the Cleveland area. He is Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics and a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada.

Dr. Baumgaertel has lectured nationally and internationally on orthodontic mini-implants and on Cone Beam Computed Tomography. He has published multiple scientific articles and is co-editor of the textbook Mini-Implants in Orthodontics - Innovative Anchorage Concepts. He serves as a member of the editorial review board of the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics and acts as an ad-hoc reviewer for Clinical Oral Implants Research.

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