Orthodontics - FDP074
Title: Orthodontics
Guaranteed by: Department of Dentistry (15-550)
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:15/15, C [HS]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Guarantor: MUDr. Zuzana Weberová
Pre-requisite : {Compulsory subjects 3rd year Dentistry (2019->)}
Co-requisite : FDP073
Incompatibility : FZ10076
Interchangeability : FA0209240
In complex pre-requisite: FDP079
WS schedule   
Annotation
As part of the course, students will be introduced to the basics of orthodontics (classification of orthodontic defects, etiology and prophylaxis of orthodontic anomalies, treatment limitations) and the possibilities for interdisciplinary collaboration between a general dentist and an orthodontist.
Last update: Bažantová Lenka, Ing. (03.07.2025)
Aim of the course

Results:

  1. Student will gain an overview of orthodontic anomalies, be able to distinguish between functional anomalies and simple aesthetic issues, differentiate developmental defects from other anomalies.
  2. Student will be able to correctly diagnose an anomaly and refer the patient to an orthodontic specialist at the optimal time.
  3. Student will also gain a deeper understanding of the development of the mixed dentition, tooth eruption sequences, dental age issues, and recognize defects and anomalies in tooth eruption.
  4. Student will be able to monitor treatment outcomes and repair fixed retention appliances.
  5. Student will understand the possibilities and limitations of orthodontic treatment and recognize when to actively seek the collaboration of an orthodontist in treating certain conditions.
  6. Student will be able to respond appropriately to the orthodontist's requirements in addressing a condition within interdisciplinary collaboration.
  7. Student will learn to assess the dentition as a whole, using OPG, dental models, and direct oral examination.
Last update: Bažantová Lenka, Ing. (03.07.2025)
Literature - Czech

Compulsory literature

  1. W. C. Shaw. Orthodontics and Occlusal Management. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford. ISBN 0-7236-1000-2
  2. Ramanathan Ch., Weberova Z. Basic Textbook of Orthodontics for Undergraduates. Nucleus HK, 2008. ISBN 978-80-87009-48-2

Recommend literature

  1. W. Proffit. Contemporary Orthodontics. 4th ed., Mosby, Saint Louis, Missouri, 2007. ISBN 13:978-0-323-040046-4
  2. L. Mitchell. An Introduction to Orthodontics. Oxford University Press, 3 Rev Ed., 2007. ISBN 978-0198568124
Last update: Bažantová Lenka, Ing. (03.07.2025)
Requirements to the exam

Credit

  1. Student must be present at all practical courses (each absence must be fully compensated).
  2. The credit written test have to be done at least with 75 %.

In the case of repeating a study obligation, the student is required to complete the study obligation in its entirety.

Last update: Bažantová Lenka, Ing. (04.08.2025)
Syllabus

Lectures

  1. Terminology of malocclusions, orthodontic anomalies. (Weberova 2)
  2. Examination of the patient, orthodontic model analysis. (Weberova 1)
  3. Importance of X-ray examination in orthodontics (dental age assessment and orthodontic anomaly determination from OPG image, obtaining the main information from the analysis of the cephalometric x-ray image, indication of making CBCT scan in orthodontics). (Weberova 1)
  4. Normal occlusion, timing of treatment, dentoalveolar mechanism of compensation. (Weberova 1)
  5. Orthodontics indications for teeth extraction. (Weberova 1)
  6. Biomechanics of orthodontic tooth movement, influencing the growth of the jaws and the alveolar bone. (Weberova 1)
  7. Orthognathic surgery. (Weberova 1)
  8. Late changes in orthodontics, etiology of orthodontic anomalies. Retention, maintaining of treatment results. (Weberova 2)
  9. Cleft patients and orthodontic care. (Weberova 1)
  10. Adult treatment in orthodontics, fixed orthodontic appliances. (Weberova 1)
  11. Interdisciplinary treatment in orthodontics. (Weberova 1)
  12. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome – conservative treatment with myofunctional appliances. (Weberova 1)
  13. TMJ derangement - conservative approach in orthodontics. (Weberova 1)

 

Practical courses & seminars

Lecturers

  • Pavel Krupka, MDDr.
  • Zuzana Weberova, M.D.

 Practical courses

  1. Orthodontic anomalies - diagnostics on the patient.
  2. Cast model diagnostics.
  3. OPG in orthodontics.
  4. Cephalometric evaluation.
  5. Examination of the patient, records.
  6. Impresions for cast models.
  7. Wax registration, construction bite.
  8. Removing of the archwire from the fixed appliance.
  9. Ligating of the archwire on the fixed appliance.
  10. Oral hygiene maintenance with removable appliances.
  11. Oral hygiene maintenance with fixed appliances.
  12. Fabrication of a simple transpalatal arch on cast model.
Last update: Bažantová Lenka, Ing. (04.08.2025)
Entry requirements

Prerequisites: Obligatory subject of the 3rd year.

Last update: Bažantová Lenka, Ing. (03.07.2025)