The workshop aimed at enabling the participants to identify and understand various biomechanical principles, in addition to learning how to apply various principles to their appliances, how to create desired and predictable tooth movements, understanding efficient biomechanics to achieve effective results in a variety of cases, enabling the participants to understand the arch wires sequence comparing Traditional Vs. i-Arch approach, and finally enabling them to debate clinical cases.
A total of 90 participants from academic staff and students of Dentistry Faculty, Orthodontics postgraduate students of Hawler Medical University, in addition to some specialist dentists from other different universities participated in the workshop.
The workshop was considered a success as it helped the participants to gain a better understanding in the subject of reference management and citation.
The workshop was composed of three sessions:
- First Session: Introducing and discussing the basis of biomechanics and tooth movements by Prof. Dr. Giovanna Perrotti.
- Second Session: Explaining arch-wire sequence and comparing Traditional Vs. i-Arch approach by Dr. Omar Sabah.
- Third Session: Hands-on training regarding i-arch system applications and biomechanics.
The workshop simplified force systems to address any type of tooth movement necessary, because in orthodontics ‘tooth movement’ has always been the name of the game. Numerous cases and hands-on exercises, including wire bending and typodont exercises, were used to demonstrate various aspects of these ‘simplified common sense mechanics’.
