Training day: Pitts 21 + IZS mini-screw

The aim of these training days is to deepen your understanding of the Pitts Protocol, based on the use of passive self-ligating (PSL) orthodontic brackets, not only as a bracket with a door that opens and closes, but as a tool within a complete system.

In a second part, we will discuss the use of extraradicular mini-screws. Why? When? And how to use them? Combined with the Pitts Protocol, they will make your complex cases much easier to manage.

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Discover the programme

Introduction to the Pitts Protocol

  • Tom Pitts’ 14 keys to aesthetics
  • Face-centred diagnosis
  • Importance of photos & videos in aesthetic analysis, the aesthetics of “Pink and White”.
  • Smile arc and placement of brackets following SAP bonding
  • Active early principle
  • Disarticulation: how to use Turbo bites
  • Use and purpose of immediate elastics
  • Case management and finishing
  • Cases treated with the Pitts protocol

Extraradicular mini-screws

  • Recap and history of the evolution of bone anchors.
  • Purpose of extraradicular mini-screws
  • Overview of the biomechanics of the infra-zygomatic screw (IZC).
  • Insertion site
  • Types of movements
  • Different insertion methods for the Buccal shelf (BS) screw, Ramus Screw
  • Complications and mistakes to avoid. Clinical cases
  • Workshop: Placement of IZS + BS TADs on skulls

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