Mastering Skeletal Anchorage with Dr. Laurence Masters

✔️ Identifying key anatomical landmarks for TAD and mini-plate placement

✔️ Understanding bone density, cortical thickness, and optimal insertion zones

✔️ Soft tissue management to prevent irritation and complications

✔️ Selecting the right mini-screws: features, sizes, and practical applications

✔️ Step-by-step insertion techniques for maximum stability and success

✔️ Troubleshooting and managing potential placement failures

✔️ TADs vs. Mini-Plates – When to Use Each? Understanding their distinct advantages

✔️ Direct vs. Indirect Anchorage: Strategic force application for superior control

✔️ Force Vectors & Moment Control: Ensuring predictable and efficient tooth movement

✔️ Vertical Control Techniques: Intrusion, extrusion, and open bite correction

✔️ Managing Skeletal Discrepancies: Sagittal and transverse corrections with precision

✔️ Management of impacted canines

✔️ Essential digital records for accurate mini-screw planning

✔️ Key anatomical considerations for virtual case simulations

✔️ 3D printing of surgical guides for precise and predictable placement

✔️ A step-by-step guide to mini-screw insertion using guided techniques

✔️ Live Demonstrations & Hands-On Practice – Mastering TAD placement on typodonts

✔️ Step-by-Step Insertion & Removal Techniques – Safe, effective, and efficient procedures

✔️ Wire Bending & Auxiliary Adjuncts – Enhancing anchorage mechanics for optimal results

✔️ Expand treatment possibilities for severe malocclusions and skeletal discrepancies

✔️ Reduce reliance on patient compliance with fixed anchorage solutions

✔️ Shorten treatment times with efficient biomechanics and precise control

✔️ Minimise the need for orthognathic surgery in select cases

✔️ Increase predictability and treatment success with evidence-based techniques