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Advanced Master in Orthodontics [120.0]
Study objectives
The objective of this Advanced 2nd cycle programme is to prepare dentists to gain professional status as specialist dentists in orthodontics. (Ministerial Orders of 28 May 2001 and 11 June 2001 published 5 July 2001.
General presentation of the programme
The full-time training lasts four years and comprises a theoretical part (at least 180 hours per year), a pre-clinical part (at least 30 hours per year) and a clinical part (at least 1,290 hours per year). In addition to the internal placement in the training centre under the direction of an approved placement supervisor-coordinator, the clinical training also includes an external independent professional practice placement of at least 500 hours in an approved location and under the direction of an approved placement supervisor. During the placements, candidates devote themselves entirely to practising a specialization, according to a plan approved by the ministerial committee. During training, candidates may not undertake any clinical activity outside their placement work.
Candidates must become involved in research work in an area of the specialization. Before the end of the training, they must present a paper to a scientific meeting as well as a dissertation or an article for publication in a leading international journal.
Positioning of the programme
Programme committee
President : Myriam DELATTE
Members : Catherine BEHETS, Pierre BERCY, Sami BOU SABA, Alain BRABANT, Hugo De Clerck, Charles PILIPILI, Hervé REYCHLER, José VREVEN and a representative from the DACCS.
Teaching committee
Président : Myriam DELATTE
Membres : Catherine BEHETS, Pierre BERCY, Sami BOU SABA, Alain BRABANT, Hugo De Clerck, Charles PILIPILI, Hervé REYCHLER, José VREVEN et un représentant des dentistes assistants cliniciens candidats spécialistes en orthodontie (DACCS).
Admission
See the general admission requirements
Procédures particulières :
- candidates must have a Belgian ‘licence’ degree in Dentistry (or a Master’s degree in Dentistry) or a degree recognized as being equivalent in Belgium by the relevant authorities and be able to practise in Belgium
- candidates must show evidence of having been selected to study the specialization of orthodontics at a Belgian faculty of medicine
Further information about the legal requirements and the practical details of the selection examination may be obtained from the office.
The Royal Decree of 30 May 2002 on the availability of dentistry studies, published on 18 June 2002, applies to candidates who wish to gain professional status as general dentists. (These candidates therefore fall into the category of generalists or specialists in the restricted intake.)
Applications should be submitted to the academic in charge of the programme: the deadline is 1 July. The organization of the selection examination is in accordance with the timetable and the general examination regulations.
Selection committee
The selection panel is composed of at least three members : the president of the programme committee of the two Advanced Masters (orthodontics and periodontics) and at least one other member from the programme committee of the relevant Master programme (orthodontics).
Ouverture aux adultes
Contact
Gestion du programme
MDEN Ecole de médecine dentaire et de stomatologie
Responsable académique et Maître de stage coordinateur :
Tél. : 02 764 57 07
Contact
Secrétariat de l’Ecole de médecine dentaire et de stomatologie
Tél. : 02 764 57 52
Fax : 02 764 57 22
E-mail :
Core courses
- The theoretical training is made up of the part, common to all the training programmes, which leads to the award of professional status in dentistry. This part comprises training for independent professional practice as well as interactive seminars on the following topics: economic aspects of bucco-dental treatment, the organization and management of a dental surgery, professional regulation and responsibility, dental computer systems, critical analysis of scientific literature, introduction to legal dentistry, introduction to communication, ergonomics, radiodiagnosis including radioprotection, ethological aspects of health care and the relationship between first and second line health care.
During the course, students’ knowledge and skills during the basic training in dentistry are deepened and further knowledge and skills are acquired in the following areas :
General medicine and biology
- Additional anatomy and maxillo-facial embryology
- development of the viscero-skull masticatory organs
- importance of genetic and functional factors during cranio-facial growth
- physiology of ventilation, speech, deglutition and mastication
- elements of cellular biology
General orthodontics
- diagnosis, etiology and treatment of dento-maxillo-facial dysmorphoses
- cranio-facial malformative syndromes
- use of medical imaging in orthodontics
- different cephalometric analyses:
- tracing
- interpretation
- growth predictions with and without treatment
- development of dentition
Specialized orthodontics
- orthodontic terminology
- prevention and early treatment of malocclusions
- physiology of dental movements
- dento-facial orthopaedics
- orthodontic therapy :
- elements of biomecanics
- long term effects
- recurrence
- iatrogenous and limiting effects of orthodontic treatment
- complete diagnosis
- treatment and treatment plan objectives in orthodontics
- orthodontic treatments and TMA
Orthodontic techniques
- removable appliances
- functional appliances
- extra-oral appliances
- fixed appliances :
- sequences of treatment
- properties of materials
- principles of biomechanics
- different fixed orthodontic techniques
- partial fixed appliances
- brace appliances
Multidisciplinary treatments
- ortho-surgical treatments
- treatment of patients with labio-palatine clefts
- orthodontic treatments with parodontal pathology
- preprosthetic orthodontics
Special procedures
- special features of orthodontic treatment in adults
- use of implants and mini-screws in orthodontics
- distraction technique
Seminars
- discussion of treatment plans
- impact of developments in orthodontic treatment : presentation of clinical cases
- reviews of the literature and discussion of articles
- use of speech therapy in orthodontics
orthodontics and root resorptions
Evaluation
There is an assessment of candidates’ theoretical and practical knowledge at the end of each year which enables the programme committee to validate the academic year. At the end of the course, assessment is based on a test of candidates’ theoretical and practical knowledge, on the report of the placement supervisors, on the presentation of twenty cases which have been treated and fully documents, on the presentation of a case at a public session as well as the defence of an original dissertation or article for publication in a leading international journal.
When the above requirements have been fulfilled, the programme committee will award the academic qualification of Advanced Master in Orthodontics.
This is not a substitute for recognition by the ministerial committee. It is evidence of academic and scientific training in the context of specialized training leading to the award of professional status.
To have their training period validated by the ministerial committee for orthodontics, candidates must submit their training record book, duly completed, at the end of each year of training.