Dr.Kerim Turkoglu's Orthodontic Courses

Dr.Kerim Turkoglu has been an Alexander Discipline International Instructor since 2005.

These courses are open ONLY to non-Turkish Foreign Orthodontists or GP Dentists.

1st. Level Course:

1st. Day:

09.00-09.30 Meeting - The Goal of the Course

09.30-10.00Orthodontic Treatment Need

  • Definition of malocclusion.
  • Evaluation of the patient's treatment need.
  • The disadvantages and potential risks of orthodontic treatment.

10.00-10.30 The aetiology and classification of malocclusion

  • The aetiology of malocclusion.
  • Classification of malocclusion.
  • Andrews's Six Keys.

10.30-10.45 Coffee Break

10.45-12.00 Management of the developing dentition

  • Normal dental development phases.
  • Differentiating normal and abnormal.
  • Abnormalities of eruption and their diagnosis.
  • Mixed dentition problems.
  • Planned extraction of deciduous teeth.
  • Eruption guidance in tooth absence cases.

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-14.00 Orthodontic Assessment

  • Aims of orthodontic assessment.
  • Taking the dental history.
  • Taking the medical history.
  • Extra-oral examination.
  • Intra-oral examination.
  • Analysis of dental models.
  • Radiographic examination.

14.00-14.30 Coffee Break

14.30-17.00 Cephalometrics- 1st. Episode

  • Indications for cephalometric evaluation.
  • Evaluating a panoramic and cephalometric radiograph.
  • Commonly used cephalometric points and reference lines.
  • Cephalometric points and reference lines used in Alexander Discipline.
  • Evaluation of anteroposterior skeletal pattern.
  • Evaluation of vertical skeletal pattern.

2nd. Day:

09.30-10.30 Cephalometrics- 2nd. Episode

  • Incisor position and its clinical importance.
  • Soft tissue analysis.
  • Assessment of hand wrist films and making growth prediction.

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break

11.00-12.00Cephalometrics- 3rd. Episode

  • Assessment the growth and treatment effects.
  • Cephalometric errors.
  • Assessment of the cephalometric findings with the clinical findings.

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-16.00 Hands on Cephalometric Radiograph ve Orthodontic Model Analysis

  • Each participant will practice the analysis on at least one cephalometric radiograph and an orthodontic model under the supervision of the instructor.

2nd. Level Course:

1st. Day:

09.00-09.30 The Goal of the Course

09.30-10.30 Treatment Planning

  • General objectives of the orthodontic treatment.
  • Forming an orthodontic problem list.
  • Skeletal problems and treatment planning.
  • Basic principles in the orthodontic treatment planning.

10.30-10.45 Coffee Break

10.45-12.00 Class I Malocclusions

  • Aetiology.
  • Crowding.
  • Spacing.
  • Displaced teeth.
  • Vertical discrepancies.
  • Transve discrepancies.
  • Bialveolar proclination.

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-14.00 Class II Division 1 Malocclusions

  • Aetiology.
  • Occlusal features.
  • Assessment and treatment planning of Class II Div.1 malocclusions.
  • Early treatment.
  • Management of an increased overjet.
  • Retention.

14.00-14.30 Coffee Break

14.30-17.00 Class II Division 2 Malocclusions

  • Aetiology.
  • Occlusal features.
  • Management.

2nd. Day:

09.30-10.30 Class III Malocclusions

  • Aetiology.
  • Occlusal features.
  • Assesment and treatment planning of Class III malocclusions.
  • Treatment options.

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break

11.00-12.00 Openbites

  • Definitions of anterior and posterior openbites.
  • Aetiology of anterior openbites.
  • Treatment approach of the Alexander Discipline in open bites.
  • Aetiology and treatment of posterior openbites.

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-14.30 Crossbites

  • Definitions.
  • Aetiology.
  • Treatment.
  • Quad-Helix appliance.
  • RPE appliance. Effects of different appliance designs.

14.30-15.00 Coffee Break

15.00-16.00 An Introduction to the Alexander Discipline

  • Historical Development of the Alexander Discipline.
  • The appliance design and its advantages.

3rd. Level Course:

1st. Day:

09.00-09.30 The Goal of the Course

09.30-10.00 Introduction to the Alexander Discipline

  • Philosophy of the Alexander Discipline
  • The historical development of the Alexander Discipline
  • Appliance design and its advantages.

10.00-11.00 Bracket Designs

  • The advantage of tooth specific bracket designs
  • .018" or .022" ?
  • *-5º torque in lower incisors and its importance in stability.
  • Rotation wings and their adjustments.

11.00-11.30 Coffee Break

11.30-12.30 Design Details

  • Specific torques and angulations.
  • Alignment of the lower incisor roots and its importance.
  • *-6º angulation in lower first molars and its importance.
  • Maxillary and mandibular molar off-sets.
  • Alexander Signature and Spirit MB brackets and their indications.
  • Bracket placement in the Alexander Discipline.

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.00-14.00 Bracket Placement Modifications

  • Bracket placement modifications in open-bite cases.
  • Bracket placement modifications in extraction cases.
  • Bracket placement modifications in peg-shaped upper lateral incisors.
  • Bracket placement modifications in missing upper lateral incisor cases.

14.00-14.30 Coffee Break

14.30-15.30 Bonding Procedures

  • Secrets of successful bonding.
  • Common mistakes in the bracket positioning.

15.30-17.00 Biomechanics in the Orthodontics

  • The definition of the optimal orthodontic tooth movement.
  • The importance of the force level in the orthodontic tooth movement.
  • Archwire materials in the orthodontics.
  • Mechanical properties of the archwire materials.
  • Friction and its clinical importance.
  • Shape memory and superelasticity.
  • How to use superelastic archwire materials in the orthodontics?
  • How to compare new archwire materials?

2nd. Day:

09.30-10.30 Archwire Sequence in the Alexander Discipline

  • Arch forms and their clinical importance.
  • Archwire sequence in non-extraction case.
  • Archwire sequence in extraction case.
  • Archwire sequence in Spirit MB brackets.

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break

11.00-12.00 The 20 Principles in the Alexander Discipline

  • Tie back vs. Cinch back.
  • When and how to tie back?
  • How and where to bend omega loops?
  • Deep bite treatment modalities in the Alexander Discipline.

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-15.00 Hands-on Bracket Bonding Exercise on Models

4th. Level Course:

1st. Day:

09.00-09.30 The Goal of the Course

09.30-10.00 Archwire Sequence in Non-extraction Cases

  • Step by step treatment of a non-extraction case.

10.00-11.00 Archwire Sequence in Extraction Cases

  • Step by step treatment of an extraction case.

11.00-11.30 Coffee Break

11.30-12.30 Arch Consolidation and Its Clinical Importance

  • Why and how to consolidate the arch?
  • Tie back or cinch back?
  • When to tie back?
  • When to cinch back?
  • How to do an effective tie back?

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.00-14.00 Deep bite Treatment in the Alexander Discipline

  • Deep bite treatment modalities.
  • Deep bite treatment in the Alexander Discipline.
  • Deep bite treatment in adults.

14.00-14.30 Coffee Break

14.30-15.30 How to treat asymmetries in the Alexander Discipline?

  • Treatment mechanics in the asymmeties.
  • Arch forms in the Alexander Discipline.
  • The formula of a successful treatment.

15.30-17.00 Elastics in the Alexander Discipline

  • Class II elastics.
  • Class III elastics.
  • Crossbite elastics.
  • Midline elastics.
  • Anterior box elastics.
  • Lateral box elastics.
  • Buccal box elastics.
  • Trapezoid elastics.
  • Finishing elastics.

2nd. Day:

09.30-10.30 How to use headgears in the treatment?

  • Biomechanical principles for headgears.
  • When and how to use headgears?

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break

11.00-12.00 Finishing and Retention Procedures

  • Circumferential supracrestal fiberotomy.
  • Lower lingual retainer.
  • Debonding and finishing.
  • Upper Alexander removable retainer.
  • Retention protocol

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-14.00 Case Samples

14.00-14.30 Coffee Break

14.30-16.00 Hands-on Wire Bending Exercise

  • How to bend the tie back?
  • How to bend the curve of Spee?
  • How to bend the toe-in?
  • How to bend the tear-drop closing loop?
  • How to do an '8' ligature?
  • How to do a modified 'frictionless' ligature?