Dr German Ramirez-Yañez

Specialist in Pediatric Dentistry and Functional Maxillofacial Orthopedics (DDS, MDSc, MS, PhD, FRCDC)

DAY ONE PROGRAM

Morning

• Envisioning Craniofacial Growth and Development in 3D

• How to guide Craniofacial Growth and development from the first day of our patient’s life

• Does Growth and Development stop?

• The oral functions and the lady of the mouth, Ms. Tongue

• Orientating Mastication to improve and maintain treatment results

• Breathing and malocclusions: is there a relationship?

• Development of the occlusion from primary to permanent dentition

• What is normal in primary dentition can be abnormal in permanent dentition and vice-versa

• Can we prevent and treat malocclusions in primary dentition? Is there scientific evidence?

Afternoon

• Treating without appliances: Selective grinding in primary dentition

• The Planas’ Direct Tracks (PDTs): a valuable tool to treat malocclusions in primary dentition

• Posterior and Anterior crossbite in primary dentition

• Deep-bite in primary dentition Preventing a Disto-Occlusion

• The effects of soft tissue dysfunction on primary dentition and how to treat