Events

• Event: NEBEOP Web Academy webinar- 44 & 45
• Topic: Functional appliances 1 & 2: Can we grow mandibles? The eternal debate
• Erasmus course: D2
• Speaker: Professor Marie Cornelis, Professor of Orthodontics, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Dates: April 15th and May 6th, 2025; 12:30-13.45hr CET
• Moderator: Helen Pullisaar, University of Oslo
• Mode: Zoom webinar. Registration through your program director

Abstract Can we really grow mandibles? This question is one of the most controversial ones in Orthodontics, with several high-quality trials published on the subject over the last 30 years, yet still widely debated. The first of these two consecutive lectures will map the typical components of removable functional appliances and will describe some of the widely used functional appliances, as a guiding tool for postgraduate students. The second webinar will focus on the effects of functional appliances, and will also detail their clinical management. In terms of intended learning outcomes, at the end of this series of webinars, you must be able to: 1. Describe the components of functional appliances, and classify the most used functional appliances. 2. Integrate the dental and skeletal effects of functional appliances. 3. Assess the need of functional appliance treatment on individual levels, and define the best timing for treatment. 4. Formulate the practical management steps of functional appliance therapy. Short Speaker Bio Marie received both her dental degree (1999) and postgraduate specialist degree in orthodontics (2003) from the University of Louvain, in Brussels. In 2007, she was visiting research scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. She defended her PhD about miniplates as temporary skeletal anchorage in Brussels in 2008. In 2010, she finished a 2-year degree in lingual orthodontics at the Université Descartes (Paris). Between 2009 and 2014, she was Assistant Professor at the Department of Orthodontics of the University of Geneva. From 2014 to 2020, she was Associate Professor and Postgraduate Program Director of Orthodontics, Department of Dentistry, Aarhus University, and in 2015 she became Head of Section. At the same time, she maintained an active orthodontic practice in an interdisciplinary office in Geneva a few days per month. In 2021, Marie became Professor and Head of Orthodontics at the Melbourne Dental School. Marie was awarded the WJB Houston Oral Research Award of the European Orthodontic Society in 2008 and the Dewel award as an author of the best clinical paper in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics in 2012 and in 2023. She is an Active Member of the Angle Society of Europe and a full member of the European Board of Orthodontists. Marie is also Associate Editor for Seminars in Orthodontics. Her research interests are focused on clinical orthodontics, mainly skeletal anchorage, digital workflows and stability/retention. Marie publishes and lectures internationally on these and other topics. References Orthodontic treatment for prominent upper front teeth (Class II malocclusion) in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Volume 2013, Issue 1113 Nov 2013. Thiruvenkatachari Badri, Harrison Jayne E., Worthington Helen V., O'Brien Kevin D. Benefit of early Class II treatment: progress report of a two-phase randomized clinical trial. American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics. Volume 113, Issue 1, Pages 62-72, Jan 1998. Tulloch J.F., Phillips C., Proffit W.R. Treatment effects of removable functional appliances in pre-pubertal and pubertal class ii patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled studies. PLoS One. 28;10(10):e0141198, Oct 2015. Perinetti G., Primožic J., Franchi L., Contardo L.