LETIZIA PERILLO
New perspectives in early treatment of class III malocclusion
Abstract:
Dento-skeletal Class III malocclusion in growing children remains one of the most challenging problems in orthodontics. Early treatment has been widely discussed in the literature mainly due to the uncertainly of stable long-term results. However, aesthetics and psychological issues represent the key points of its rationale.
Several alternatives have been developed for treating at an early stage. This presentation will focus on the SEC III protocols composed by Splints, class III Elastics, and Chincup.
The efficacy and benefits will be analyzed as well as the aesthetic outcomes, the long-term stability and new perspectives will be discussed.
Prof. LETIZIA PERILLO (MD, MS, PhD)
Letizia Perillo is full Professor and Dean of the School of Dentistry, Chair of the NEBEOP Postgraduate Orthodontic Program, Head of the Orthodontic Division at the Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialties of the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy.
She is Past President of the Mediterranean Orthodontic Integration Project (MOIP), Senior Past President of the Italian Society of Orthodontics (SIDO), 2020-25 Executive Committee Member of the World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO).
She is Visiting Professor at the University of Alexandria, Egypt, and at the Alabama University, Birmingham, USA.
She is member of the WFO, AAO, EHASO, EOS, SIDO and CH Tweed Foundation, and member of the Editorial Board of several journals.
Prof. Letizia Perillo graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1986 and specialized in Orthodontics in 1989 at the University of Naples Federico II. She completed her orthodontic training with a postgraduate fellowship at the University of Michigan in 1993 and a PhD in Interceptive Orthodontics at the University of Florence in 1997.
She is author and co-author of about 300 scientific publications, 9 books and 10 chapters of books.
She is speaker at national and international courses and congresses.
Her main research topics are early treatment, non-extraction treatment, cleft lip and palate, dentofacial orthopedics and genetics.