Sniper Experience

To train students to handle more complex cases in a more assertive and safe manner, especially those requiring skeletal anchorage for managing the occlusal plane in all three spatial planes.

General Objectives

• Management of the Occlusal Plane in the three spatial dimensions
• Occlusal Plane Rotations (Roll, Pitch, and Yaw)
• Extra-alveolar, Interradicular, or Palatal Mini-implants?
• Types of Mini-implants for each area
• Correction of Gummy Smile (maxillary impaction with mini-implants)
• Correction of Inclined Occlusal Plane (occlusal cant)
• Anterior Open Bite
• Class III in adults (reducing chin projection in profile)
• Orthopedic Treatment for Class III in young individuals and children
• Class III with Anterior Open Bite
• MARPE (Maxillary Expansion with Mini-implants)
• Efficient traction of impacted canines
• Hands-on Mini-implant Placement
• Hands-on Advanced Biomechanics

Sessions

1st Session – Theoretical (Duration: 8 hours)

Content:

• Management of the Occlusal Plane in the three spatial dimensions
• Occlusal Plane Rotations (Roll, Pitch, and Yaw)
• Extra-alveolar, Interradicular, or Palatal Mini-implants?
• Correction of Gummy Smile (maxillary impaction with mini-implants)
• Correction of Inclined Occlusal Plane (occlusal cant)
• Anterior Open Bite
• Class III in adults (reducing chin projection in profile)
• Orthopedic Treatment for Class III in young individuals and children
• MARPE (Maxillary Expansion with Mini-implants)
• Efficient traction of impacted canines

2nd Session – Practical (Duration: 8 hours)

Content:

• Hands-on: Placement of interradicular mini-implants
• Hands-on: Placement of mini-implants in the Infrazygomatic Crest (IZC 1)
• Hands-on: Placement of mini-implants in the Zygomaticomaxillary Process (IZC 2 – high)
• Hands-on: Placement of palatal mini-implants
• Hands-on: Segmented Distalization (Sliding Jig fabrication + activation)
• Hands-on: Maxillary Impaction
• Hands-on: Traction of impacted canine (Logarithmic Cantilever fabrication + activation)

Course Details

• Nature: Theoretical-Practical
• Duration: 2 days
• Total Hours: 16 hours
  • Theoretical Hours: 8 hours
  • Practical Hours: 8 hours
• Frequency: Single event
• Day(s) of the Week: To be defined
• Time: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Schedule

• Year: 2025
• Month: May
• Sessions: 1 & 2
• Dates: 19th and 20th of May

At the end of the training, participants are entitled to a Training Certificate in accordance with Regulatory Decree No. 35/2002, as well as certification recognised and issued by SIGO, a governmental entity, as stipulated in Decree-Law No. 14/2017, of 26 January.

Our training, and consequently our certificates, also comply with the requirements of the Labour Code, Law No. 93/2019, of 4 September, which establishes the obligation for continuous training in companies, stipulating a minimum duration of 40 hours annually per worker.