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    • Event: NEBEOP Web Academy webinar- 46 & 47
    • Topic: Long-term Stability of Class III Treatment: The Role of Patient-Related Factors
    • Erasmus course: C6
    • Speaker: Professor Lorenzo Franchi, Professor of Orthodontics, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
    • Dates: Tuesday June 10th and September 2nd, 2025; 19:30-20:15 hr CET
    • Moderator: NEBEOP-46: Dr. Valentina Rutili, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy and NEBEOP-47: Dr. Carlo Bosoni, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
    • Mode: Zoom webinar. Registration through your program director

    • Abstract
    • Is treatment with rapid maxillary expansion and facial mask (RME/FM) stable in the long term? What are the patient-related factors that influence the long-term stability of this treatment? Is it possible to control mandibular growth in patients treated with RME/FM? Are bone-anchored devices more effective than conventionally-anchored ones for the treatment of Class III malocclusion? These are some of controversial topics that will be covered during these two webinars. The first webinar will deal with growth in untreated Class III subjects and why it is so important to treat all patients affected by Class III malocclusion during the early developmental phases. Additionally, the long-term effects produced by RME/FM with respect to untreated Class III controls will be analyzed together with the mechanisms involved in the control of mandibular growth. The second webinar will focus on the patient-related factors that can influence long-term stability of Class III treatment. Additionally, the findings of a recent Consensus Conference on the efficacy of bone-anchored versus conventionally-anchored devices for Class III malocclusion will be presented.

    • Learning outcomes
    • At the end of these two webinars, you will be able to:

      • 1. Understand growth in untreated Class III subjects and why it is so important to treat all patients affected by Class III malocclusion during the early developmental phases.
      2. Understand the clinical management of RME/FM and the long-term outcomes produced by this treatment protocol.
      3. Evaluate the role of treatment timing on the long-term outcomes of RME/FM therapy (early prepubertal vs late prepubertal treatment).
      4. Recognize the pre-treatment prognostic craniofacial features for the prediction of successful or unsuccessful long-term outcomes of RME/FM therapy.
      5. Understand whether bone-anchored devices are more effective than conventionally-anchored devices for the treatment of Class III malocclusion.

    • Short Speaker Bio
    • Dr. Franchi is currently a full-time Full Professor of Orthodontics, Dean of the School of Dentistry, and Director of the Postgraduate Orthodontic Program at the University of Florence, Italy. He also serves as the 'Thomas M. Graber Visiting Scholar' at the Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he has collaborated with Dr. James A. McNamara since 1995. Dr. Franchi has lectured at numerous international conferences on orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics and has published extensively, with over 300 articles in international orthodontic journals. He previously served as Editor of Progress in Orthodontics and is currently an Associate Editor for both the European Journal of Orthodontics and Progress in Orthodontics. Dr. Franchi is also the current President of the Italian Society of Orthodontics. His research interest and areas of expertise are early treatment, treatment timing, and dentofacial orthopedics.

    • References
    • Rutili V, Nieri M, Giuntini V, McNamara JA Jr, Franchi L. A multilevel analysis of craniofacial growth in subjects with untreated Class III malocclusion. Orthod Craniofac Res. 2020 May;23(2):181-191.

    • Souki BQ, Nieri M, Pavoni C, Pavan Barros HM, Junqueira Pereira T, Giuntini V, Cozza P, Franchi L. Development and validation of a prediction model for long-term unsuccess of early treatment of Class III malocclusion. Eur J Orthod. 2020 Apr 1;42(2):200-205.

    • Rutili V, Souki BQ, Nieri M, Carlos ALFM, Pavoni C, Cozza P, McNamara JA Jr, Giuntini V, Franchi L. Long-term effects produced by early treatment of Class III malocclusion with rapid maxillary expansion and facemask followed by fixed appliances: A multicentre retro-prospective controlled study. Orthod Craniofac Res. 2024 Jun;27(3):429-438.

    • Rutili V, Quiroga Souki B, Nieri M, Farnese Morais Carlos AL, Pavoni C, Cozza P, McNamara JA Jr, Giuntini V, Franchi L. Long-Term Assessment of Treatment Timing for Rapid Maxillary Expansion and Facemask Therapy Followed by Fixed Appliances: A Multicenter Retro-Prospective Study. J Clin Med. 2023 Nov 5;12(21):6930.

    • Franchi L, Statie MD, Clauser T, Migliorati M, Ugolini A, Bucci R, Rongo R, Nucera R, Portelli M, McNamara JA, Nieri M, Akyalcin S, Angelieri F, Cantarella D, Cattaneo P, Cevidanes L, Contardo L, Cornelis M, De Gabriele R, Mir CF, Garib D, Iodice G, Giudice AL, Lombardo L, Ludwig B, Luzi C, Meazzini MC, Ngan P, Nguyen T, Papadopoulou A, Papageorgiou S, Park JH, Ruf S, Souki B, Wilmes B, Winsauer H. Skeletal versus conventional anchorage in dentofacial orthopedics: an international modified Delphi consensus study. Prog Orthod. 2025 Mar 3;26(1):9.