events continuing education course 2002
Greater Philadelphia Society Of Orthodontists Annual Meeting
November 6, 2002
Union League, Philadelphia, PA
Speaker: Dr. James Vaden
Topics: Vertical Control. The Long and Short of it
Dr. James Vaden is Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Orthodontics, University of Tennessee since 1999. He is also Assistant Course Director, Charles H. Tweed International Foundation for Orthodontic Research and Education. He is Immediate Past President of the ABO and serves the Council on Scientific Affairs, Southern Assoc. of Orthodontists. He is on the Editorial Board, Seminar in Orthodontics. He received his D.D.S. and M.S. from University of Tennessee, in 1969 and 1972 respectively. He has maintained an exclusive Orthodontic practice for 32 years in Cookeville, Tennessee.
Dr. Lloyd Pearson received his DDS and his M.S.D degrees from the University of Minnesota. He has served as Director of the ABO, and was President of the ABO 1990-91. He was President of the Angle Society, Midwestern Component, 1989-90. Dr. Pearson recently retired after 42 years of orthodontic practice in Edina, Minnesota.
Course Synopsis:
Historically, the “vertical dimension” has been the “forgotten stepchild” in orthodontics, possibly because it is so difficult to control during active mechano therapy. This presentation will deal with diagnostic and treatment considerations for patients from both extremes of the vertical dimension spectrum - the hyperdivergent pattern and the hypodivergent pattern. Many actual case reports will be shown during the presentation.