Pediatrics Airway Orthodontics – London UK
PEDIATRIC AIRWAYS FOCUSED MYOFUNCTIONAL ORTHODONTICS
learn how to treat sleep and breathing disorders and malocclusions at an early age
VENUE:
Address: Heathrow Airport, Colnbrook Bypass, West Drayton UB7 OHJ United Kingdom
Module 1 November 21st, 22nd and 23rd, 2025
Module 2 February 6th, 7 th and 8th, 2026
15 CE
points
per module
Lectures and hands-on practice
Testimonials
Dr. Richard Mansour
Dr. Nelly. Soliman-Wahba
Dr Ted Henike
Keynote Speakers
Dr. German Ramírez
Dr. Ramirez is a dentist from Colombia. He is a certified Paediatric Dentistry in Canada.
He has trained in Orthodontics and received a Master Degree in Dental Sciences in Australia and PhD degree in Oral Biology in Australia. He also holds a Master degree with focus in Craniofacial Pain and Sleep Apnoea from Tufts University.
Dr. Ramirez is the author of the book “Early Treatment of Malocclusions: Prevention and Interception in Primary Dentition”, as well as the co-author of the book “Guiding Craniofacial Growth and Development with The Myobrace System.”
He investigates on Craniofacial Growth and Development, the Patho-Physiology of Functional Disorders in the Cranio-Cervico-Mandibular system and how the craniofacial structures are modified by functional appliance
PROGRAM:
Module 1
Objectives
- To envision craniofacial growth and development as a life-long process.
- To recognize the association between craniofacial structural and functional disturbances with sleep and breathing disorders.
- To comprehend the differences between Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing (OSDB) and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).
- To recognize the structural and functional problems in your patients to make a complete diagnosis.
- To learn how to treat a developing malocclusion in primary and mixed dentition with the Planas’ Direct Tracks (PDTs).
- To understand the modus operandi of the Arch-wire-Light-Force (ALF) appliance.
Course content
- Insights in craniofacial growth and development
- Structural and functional problems of the cranio-mandibular system associated with the airway.
- Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing (OSDB): The pathway to Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).
- Improving the airway by correcting the cranio-facial disturbances with myofunctional orthodontics.
- Unilateral posterior crossbite: Selective grinding and Planas’ Direct Tracks (PDTs) to correct it at an early age.
- Anterior crossbite: Selective grinding and Planas’ Direct Tracks (PDTs) to correct it either in primary or mixed dentitions.
- Distocclusion associated with deep bite: Improving the maxilla-mandibular and vertical relationships with the Palanas’ Direct Tracks.
- Tongue dynamics and its anatomy: Working with 18 muscles! Why is the tongue the best palatal expander!!!
- The Arch-wire-Light-Force (ALF) appliance: A slow developing system.
Hands-on section
- Building Planas’ Direct Tracks for Unilateral Posterior Crossbite
- Building Planas’ Direct Tracks for Anterior Crossbite
- Building Planas’ Direct Tracks for Deep bite
- How to deliver and activate the ALF appliance
Module 2
Objectives
- To understand a developing malocclusion causes breathing issues, which becomes a health problem in your patient.
- To envision how to integrate various treatment systems to achieve better results.
- To design a complete orthodontic treatment to correct all the factors that may be causing the malocclusion.
- To minimize the possibilities of later treatments when correcting a malocclusion at an early age.
- To learn how to improve your clinical-based diagnosis of structural disturbances using the lateral cephalogram x-ray.
- To understand how to treat all the structural and functional disturbances with an integrated treatment plan.
Course content
- When and how to measure on the lateral cephalogram: recognizing a Bi- Maxillary retrusion!
- Identifying a Hypo- versus a Hyper-Divergent patient with cephalometry.
- The Myofunctional appliances: Understanding their modus operandi and how to choose them. Cases treated with them..
- PDTs, Myofunctional appliances, and the ALF appliance: Three systems working together to produce better results and give a better airway to your patient.
- Analyzing clinical cases in SIX dimensions
- Tongue and Lip restrictive frenum: When to intervene and when not!
- When to include Maxillary and Mandibular Expanders in your treatment plan
- How to combine the GR Maxillary Expander with the other techniques in your practice.
- SN3 with the Equiplan for the anterior crossed bite.
Hands-on section
- Cephalometric tracing analysis: Sassouni- Jarabak
- Choosing the correct Myofunctional appliance for your patient