PREDKLINIČKA ORTOPEDIJA VILICA

Acquired knowledge: definition and field of orthodontics, materials and procedures for taking impressions in orthodontics, materials and procedures for making orthodontic models, anomalies of tooth position, monomaxillary device: active plate according to Schwartz, fixator as an auxiliary device, bimaxillary appliance: Bionator according to Balters, preventive and interceptive orthodontics, basic elements of fixed appliances. Acquired skills: taking orthodontic impressions, taking a record of habitual occlusion in wax, casting the model and processing it according to orthodontic rules, recognizing anomalies in the position of the teeth on the model, making a teardrop hook for the active plate, making a labial arch for the active plate, making and processing the base of the active plate using the technique spraying (cold polymerization), making a bite template in wax, taking a construction bite, control of the made bimaxillary appliance, making a retainer using the pressing technique (Biostar)