Interceptive Orthodontics

£600.00

October 17th, 2026 | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: WeWork, 30 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5RE

Unlock the full potential of your orthodontic practice with our intensive one-day course on Interceptive Orthodontics. Designed to cover early diagnosis and timely intervention strategies, this course provides a comprehensive understanding of managing developing malocclusions in growing patients. Whether you're new to interceptive treatment or looking to refine your approach, you'll gain practical insights and clinically relevant techniques to enhance your treatment planning and outcomes. Join us to stay at the forefront of early orthodontic care and improve long-term patient results.

October 17th, 2026 | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: WeWork, 30 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5RE

Unlock the full potential of your orthodontic practice with our intensive one-day course on Interceptive Orthodontics. Designed to cover early diagnosis and timely intervention strategies, this course provides a comprehensive understanding of managing developing malocclusions in growing patients. Whether you're new to interceptive treatment or looking to refine your approach, you'll gain practical insights and clinically relevant techniques to enhance your treatment planning and outcomes. Join us to stay at the forefront of early orthodontic care and improve long-term patient results.

Aims:

To be able to diagnose common and more complex developmental dental disorders in pediatric patients.
To be able to treatment plan and correct adverse developmental dental disorders in pediatric patients efficiently and with the least amount of disruption.
To be able to stabilise the correction while the rest of the dentition develops.
To be able to prevent complex, more invasive, longer and more uncomfortable treatment later.

Objectives:

Understand the stages and clinical significance of normal dental development
Identify and manage anomalies in dental development at an early stage
Diagnose and manage crowding and spacing in the mixed dentition
Understand the indications, design, and application of space maintainers
Identify and manage supernumerary teeth within interceptive treatment planning
Recognise and manage the impact of trauma in paediatric patients on developing dentition
Recognise and approach ankylosis, transplantation, transposition, and impactions
Apply principles of early Class II correction in growing patients
Diagnose and manage early Class III malocclusions effectively
Integrate aligner-first protocols into interceptive treatment planning
Assess and manage deep bite cases in the early mixed dentition
Diagnose and intervene in early anterior and posterior open bite cases
Utilise expansion techniques and guide arch development appropriately
Understand the role of multidisciplinary intervention in complex cases
Evaluate the impact of soft tissue aetiology on developing malocclusions
Recognise the implications of bruxism in paediatric patients
Assess the role of mouth breathing and snoring in craniofacial development
Explore additional allied topics relevant to interceptive orthodontic care.

Lecturers:

Dr Raj Jabbal

Practical Components:

2 x 4 appliance assembly on typodonts
Removable appliance design
Case practice and discussion

CPD Hours

This program provides a total of 6 hours of verifiable CPD on completion with certification.

Development Outcomes:

(C): Maintenance and development of knowledge and skill within your field of practice

Planned schedule:

08:30 -09:00 - Registration
09:00 - 10:00 - Introduction, growth and development
10:00 - 11:00 - Crowding and spacing
11:00 - 11:30 - 2×4 Appliance assembly
11:30 - 13:00 - Impactions, transpositions, ankylosis and supernumeraries
13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 - Class II and Class III early intervention
15:00 - 15:30 - Expansion and arch development
15:30 – 16:30 - Vertical Correction
16:30 - 17:00 - Soft tissue habits and allied topics