SPEAKER:

Joseph Bouserhal, DDS, MDS, PhD
-Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental

Medicine, Saint Joseph University of Beirut.
– Director, Craniofacial Research Laboratory, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Saint

Joseph University of Beirut.
-Adjunct Clinical Professor, Henry Goldman School of Dentistry, Boston

University.

LECTURE TITLE:
« WHAT ABOUT ADULT CLASS II CORRECTION: SOME THOUGHTS… »

ABSTRACT:
Class II malocclusion is considered one of the most common problems to

solve in orthodontics. Differential diagnosis constitutes a main pillar in addressing such deformations in order to be able to apply individualized therapeutic procedures.

Based on the above, each Class II has to be corrected differently and no cook book to follow exists. A thinking classifying dentoalveolar, skeletal and soft tissue components as well as identifying maxillary from mandibular etiology has to be developed and applied.

This presentation will expose an Individualized Orthodontic Philosophy applied to adult Class II cases through differential diagnosis and individualized treatment planning.