FACE 2 Years Advanced Orthodontics Postgraduate Program - Session 1

1. Introduction to the FACE-RW Philosophy
2. Concepts of Functional Occlusion: Andrews Six Keys to Occlusion
3. Semiadjustable articulators in orthodontics: introduction and importance
4. Wax Bites: centric occlusion and centric relation (power centric)
5. Facebow: instructions of using facebow
6. Theory and practice of CPI
7. Introduction to Dolphin: CO/CR Conversion and VTO Clinical Application
8. The importance of good impressions and how to take them
9. Clinical Practice:
   Clinical demonstration in taking wax bites: clinical practice in taking wax bites
   Clinical demonstration of the facebow: clinical practice of the facebow
   Clinical demonstration of the articulator mounting: clinical practice of articulator mounting (every doctor mounts his case)
   Clinical demonstration of CPI: clinical practice of CPI
10. Occlusal Diagnosis and interpretation of the CPI readings of the mounted models, occlusal analysis of the mountings and interpretation of the CPI readings of the mounted models

Students will have Dolphin software installed in their laptops for the first year of the course.
The use of Dolphin in everyday practice: clinical demonstration of Dolphin and clinical practice of VTO and CO/CR conversion.