Sunday, March 10, 2024

Part 1 | 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

• Introduction (McLeod)
• Primary treatment of complicated mandibular fractures: Comminuted / compromised bone / edentulous (García)
• Secondary management of failed mandibular ORIF: Infected / continuity defects / rehabilitation (van Minnen)
• NOE fractures and fractures of the frontal sinus: Canthal repair / lacrimal repair / sinus management (Laraway)

Part 2 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.

• Management of panfacial fractures: Sequencing / approaches (Lie)
• Paediatric Trauma (McLeod)
• Primary management of complex trauma: Airway / bleeding / head injury (Marí Roig)
• Ballistic injuries, early, and secondary management (Powers)

Part 3 | 1:45 - 4:15 p.m.

• Advances in orbital trauma management: 3D planning / materials / custom plates / navigation (Dubois)
• Secondary orbital reconstruction: Timing / planning / materials (Essig)
• Session 1: Live planning workshop (Schreurs) / case discussion (Faculty)

Part 4 | 4:45 - 6:00 p.m.

• Session 2: Live planning workshop (Schreurs) / case discussion (Faculty)

Monday, March 11, 2024

Part 1 | 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

• Condylar fractures - conservative or surgical management? (Neff)
• Conservative management - what do we mean (de Lange)
• Surgical access to the condyle (CHF and neck/base) (McLeod)
• Fixation techniques for condylar fractures (CHF and neck/base) (Kolk)

Part 2 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

• Overview of temporomandibular disorders (Saeed)
• Diagnosis tips and imaging of the TMJ (Sidebottom)
• Arthrocentesis and diagnostic arthroscopy (Level I) (González-García)
• Therapeutic arthroscopy (Level II and II) (Monje)
• Open surgery of the TMJ approaches and outcomes (Sidebottom)
• Questions and answers (Faculty)

Part 3 | 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.

• Diagnosis and management of condyle hyperactivity (Spijkervet)
• Management of TMJ dislocation (Undt)
• Principles of TMJ replacement (Ho)
• Orthognathic surgery and TMJ-R (Saeed)
• Complications of TMJ surgery (Gerber)
• Questions and answers (Faculty)

Part 4 | 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

• Case discussions: Case-based discussions on  cases in 3 small, rotating groups.
  • DDwoR management
  • Paediatric ankylosis
  • Synovial chondromatosis

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Part 1 | 8:15 - 11:00 a.m.

• Welcome and introduction to the course day (Swennen)
• Presurgical orthodontic preparation with braces (van Teeseling)
• Presurgical orthodontic preparation with clear aligners (Senosiain)
• Breakout session with interactive discussions: (Faculty)
  • How the patient with braces should be prepared toward the surgical workup 3 weeks prior to surgery?
  • How the patient with clear aligners should be prepared toward the surgical workup 3 weeks prior to surgery?
  • Any special considerations toward the presurgical orthodontic preparation in patients with CMF deformity?
• Sagittal split osteotomy: My routine surgical approach, technique, tips, and tricks (Hoppenreijs, Swennen, Kühle, Dowgierd)
• Breakout sessions with interactive discussions: (Faculty)
  • Variations of the buccal and lingual corticotomy?
  • How do you I seat the proximal segment?
  • Rigid fixation with plates, screws, PSI's?
  • When to bone graft?

Part 2 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

• Le Fort I osteotomy: My routine surgical approach, technique, tips, and tricks (Becking, Trevisiol, Kühle, Kisnisci)
• Breakout sessions with interactive discussions: (Faculty)
  • Conventional vs. minimal invasive (MI) approach?
  • Variations in surgical techniques toward het maxillary down fracture?
  • Plates versus PSI’s and when to bone graft?
  • When using V-Y, alar cinch, paranasal cross-sutures in soft tissue closure?

Part 3 | 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

• Chin osteotomy: My routine surgical approach, technique, tips and tricks (Reyneke, Tervisiol, Guijarro-Martínez, Dowgierd)
• Breakout sessions with interactive discussions: (Faculty)
  • Variations in chin osteotomy designs?
  • Use of guides and intra-operative CBCT imaging?
  • Plates versus PSI’s and when to bone graft?

Part 4 | 3:45 - 5:00 p.m. | Post-op patient counselling

• In surgical patients with braces (van Teeseling)
• In surgical patients with clear aligners (Senosiain)
• Fast-track recovery perioperative considerations (Guijarro-Martínez)
• Breakout sessions with interactive discussions: (Faculty)
  • When do I as an orthodontist want to see my patient back?
  • Medication and dietary management?
  • Lymph drainage protocols / new technologies?

Part 5 | 5:15 - 7:15 p.m.

• Late afternoon session: Facial gender reassignment (de Lange)
• Introduction (Zecha)
• History of gender dysphoria (Meijer)
• Endocrine treatment of gender dysphoria (den Heijer)
• Gender affirming facial surgery: Surgical aspects (Zecha)
• Final discussion, questions, and answers (Faculty)

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Part 1 | 08:15 - 09:55 a.m. | Cleft session

• Welcome
• Embryology, face development, prenatal diagnostics, aetiology (Bergé)
• Primary lip surgery, uni- and bilateral (Haers)
• Palate closure & VPI (Lethaus)
• Osteoplasty in CLP (Kessler)

Part 2 | 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Cleft session

• Orthognathic surgery and distraction in CLP (Bianchi)
• Le Fort III osteotomy (Engel)
• Discussion, questions, and answers (Faculty)
• Interactive case discussions (Faculty)

Part 3 | 1:00 - 2:50 p.m. | Craniofacial session

• Monobloc osteotomy (Arnaud)
• Open approaches in craniosynostosis (Engel)
• Endoscopic surgery in craniosynostosis (Bergé)
• Intracranial pressure & syndrome of the trephined (ter Laak)
• Reconstruction of skull bone defects (Kessler)
• Discussion, questions, and answers (Faculty)

Part 4 | 3:20 - 4:45 p.m. | Craniofacial session

• Craniofacial microsomia (Saeed)
• Management of paediatric micrognathia (Bianchi)
• Interactive case discussions (Faculty)
• Final remarks

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Part 1 | 8:45 - 11:15 a.m.

• Welcome and introduction (Maranzano)
• Flap choice – Principles of composite reconstruction in the head and neck region: Soft tissue (Kreutzer, Gessaroli)
• Flap Choice – Principles of composite reconstruction in the head and neck region: Bone / composite (Devine, Coppelli)
• Bony composite reconstruction: Fibula vs. scapula (Lutz, Visavadia)

Part 2 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

• Bony composite reconstruction: Fibula vs. iliac crest free flap (DCIA) (Schliephake, Maranzano)
• Bony composite reconstruction: Iliac crest free flap (DCIA) vs. scapula (Kreutzer, Schliephake)
• Bony composite reconstruction: From short to long: Small and huge microvascular bone and composite flaps in head and neck reconstruction (Maranzano)

Part 3 | 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

• Workshop: Image data-based treatment planning: Mandibular reconstruction with fibula flap
  • Step 1: Basics of image data-based acquisition, post-processing, transfer (Lutz)
  • Step 2: Virtual planning: Challenges to reconstruction – The medical engineer’s point of view (Ibarbia - KLS Martin engineer)
  • Step 3: Decisions to be made: Flow chart for decision-making with alternative composite flaps for reconstruction of the mandible (Devine)

Part 4 | 3:45 - 6:00 p.m.

• Hands-on live session
  • Cutting the fibula: Reconstruction of the mandible, fixation (hands-on model workshop) (Lutz, Maranzano, Faculty)
  • Case discussions: Reconstructions of the upper jaw (Visavadia, Gessaroli, Faculty)
  • Case discussions: Reconstructions of the lower jaw (Schliephake, Coppelli, Faculty)
• Wrap-up, final remarks (Faculty)

Friday, March 15, 2024

Part 1 | 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

• Welcome (Terheyden)
• Contemporary preprosthetic surgery – tasks and current debate (Raghoebar)
• Soft and hard tissue augmentation in aesthetic sites (Raghoebar)
• Bone reconstruction including virtual planning in the anterior maxilla (Sjöström)
• 3 breakout sessions with individual case presentations (Terheyden, Raghoebar, Sjöström)

Part 2 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

• Sinus grafting (Starch-Jensen)
• PRF and biomolecules (Stadlinger)
• Autologous intraoral bone grafts (Basa)
• 3 breakout sessions with individual case presentations (Starch-Jensen, Stadlinger, Basa)

Part 3 | 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

• Autologous extraoral bone grafts (Mertens)
• Complex patients including IPS® subperiosteal implants (Terheyden)
• New methods, trends, tips, and tricks (Raghoebar)
• 3 breakout sessions with individual case presentations (Mertens, Terheyden, Raghoebar)

Part 4 | 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

• Hands-on training (rotation 3 stations per 30 min) (Faculty)
  • Mandible block grafts - harvesting
  • Intraoral bone block graft - osteosynthesis
  • Distraction osteogenesis for vertical bone augmentation

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