CE0873: Using Invisalign for Complex Malocclusions - Including Class II and Class III, Premolar Extractions and Orthognathic Surgery

Robert Boyd, DDS, MEd

Course Description:

In this course Dr. Boyd will show how the software called Invisalign can be effectively used as a therapeutic diagnosis tool to reliably predict the end results of treatment before starting treatment. This will help to minimize or eliminate interproximal reduction which had been traditionally the most common way doctors had used Invisalign used to develop space for crowding problems. Dr. Boyd will also show many fully documented multidisciplinary treatment results achieved with Invisalign which have been integrated with recently developed methods for composite restorations, porcelain laminates and restorative implants.

New and shorter treatment time methods for Class II correction will be shown that do not depend on distalization as well. Dr. Boyd will also show methods for premolar extraction treatments that will decrease the frequency of fixed appliances traditionally needed for these cases.

Finally, orthognathic surgery done with Invisalign and the latest 3D “virtual patient” imaging tools will be presented using cone beam imaging. This provides integrated 3D skeletal, facial and tooth surface models to show how treatment will be planned in the future.

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

• Explain how Invisalign can be used to predict the end results of treatment
• Describe the benefits that the use of 3D models may have on future treatment planning
• Outline premolar extraction treatment methods that require fewer fixed appliances

Instructor:

ROBERT L. BOYD holds degrees in both orthodontics and periodontics from the University of Pennsylvania. He was formerly Professor and Chair of Orthodontics at the School of Dentistry, University of California at San Francisco, and is currently the Fred T. West Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthodontics at the Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific in San Francisco. Dr. Boyd has treated many patients with combined orthodontic-periodontic needs over the years in his orthodontic practice and also has focused his own clinical research in dealing with the orthodontic-periodontic relationship. Dr. Boyd did the initial feasibility studies and has published many scientific articles on Invisalign including the first publication in 2000. In all, he has published more than 125 scientific articles, book chapters and abstracts and given more than 400 continuing education courses and essays or lectures to dental groups around the world. Dr. Boyd is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, a Fellow of both the American and International Colleges of Dentists, a member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy and a past constituent society president of the Edward H. Angle Orthodontic Society. He has also received many teaching awards, including the Distinguished Teaching Award for the most outstanding teacher of the entire University of California San Francisco Medical Center campus. Dr. Boyd was also the 1999 recipient of the John Vallentine Mershon Award from the American Association of Orthodontists.

Please note that Dr. Boyd is a consultant for and a shareholder in Align Technology.

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