The assisiting class is designed to make orthodontics efficient and allow the doctor to delegate many proceedures to a properly trained assistant. This includes an emphasis on record taking, photography, cephalometric radiographs, changing wires, ligating, fitting bands, and all other delegable proceedures. The class will meet for four weekends on Friday, Saturday. A discount is given for mutiple assistants from the same office.

Dental Auxiliary Course 2010 - 2011

Back by popular demand, our Dental Auxiliary Course will resume in the 2010-2011 year.  Have your dental auxiliary become as excited as you about your work in the orthodontic field. Your dental auxiliary will be empowered by the four weekend courses provided by IAO New England, taught by Caralyn Hall-Nogiec, C.D.A.

                Session 1 The course will emphasize gathering a diagnostic work-up of future ortho patients.  Alginate impressions, impression pour ups, model finishing, centric bite, photo, pan and ceph taking will be reviewed in this course. Also teaching the auxiliary how to relay information about orthodontics to the patient and parents.

               Session 2 The course will teach the auxiliary how to set up the operatory for spacer placement, banding and bracketing, wire placement, fabrication of sectional wires, ligating with power o's and powerchains and patient education on oral hygiene and care of the orthodontic appliances.

               Session 3 The course will review ortho emergency situations. Broken wires, rebracketing and loose bands.  Will go over timeline of pt treatment.  Will show how to do ligature ties, lacebacks, figure eights, kobi placement, accessories to wires for hooks, elastic placement for skeletal movement.

               Session 4 This final course will go over removal of brackets and bands, ortho impressions, final records and fabrication of essix retainers.