Fixed Orthodontic Appliances
- Course Code :
ORTH723
- Level :
Postgraduate
- Course Hours :
3.00
Hours
- Entry year :
2025/2026
- Department :
Faculty of Oral & Dental Medicine
Aim of the course
Course Contents
• Components of fixed orthodontic appliances
• Pre-adjusted fixed orthodontic appliances
• Tip-edge appliance, synergy system, and self-ligating brackets
• Archwires and Auxillieries
• Leveling and aligning
• Space closure
• Torque
• Finishing and setting phase
• Occurrence of nickel allergy
• Arch form
• Banding in contemporary orthodontic practice
• Orthodontic bonding and the basic mechanism of bonding teeth, bonding materials.
1- Lectures.
2- Practical demonstrations, case presentations and, discussions.
3- Problem based learning.
4- Oral presentations of selected topics.
Teaching and Learning Methods for special needs students
a) Course Notes
b) Essential Books (Text Books)
c) Recommended Books
1. Graber TM, Rakosi T, Petrovic AG, eds. Dentofacial Orthopedics with Functional Appliances. St. Louis: Mosby; 1997.
2. Adams CP. The Design and Construction of Removable Appliances, ed 4. Bristol, England: John Wright & Sons; 1970.
3. Sheridan JJ, L
d) Scientific periodicals,bulletins,etc...
a- Technobytes section of the Am J Orthod, Dentofac Orthop recent issues from 2010-currently.
b- The latest evidence presented in the orthodontic literature, through searching the data bases and/or hand search in the orthodontic journals.