2008 Biennial Meeting

Scientific Program

Friday, October 17, 2008
Full-day WORKSHOP

Model Display
October 17 - 19, 2008 open from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Monday, October 20, 2008 from 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.

10.00: Congress tour

7.30 p.m.: Welcome Reception

Saturday, October 18, 2008

8:00 - Opening Remarks
8:10 - John Bilodeau - Surgical Magic
8:50 - Joseph Bou Serhal - How to Treat Surgical Patients Without Surgery
9:10 - Giovanni Biondi - Extraction of a Lower Incisor in Adult Orthodontic Treatment.           
An Acceptable Compromise?           
9:30 - Roberto Ursini - Biomechanics for Adult Patients
9:50 - Elie Amm  - Give Me Braces and I’ll Give You Bone   
10:10 -   COFFEE BREAK
10:30 - Dan George - The Use of TAD’s in Tweed Edgewise Orthodontics 
10:50 - Il Bong Kim and the Korean Group:
            1)      The Development of Anchorage Concepts
            2)       Its Application in The Tweed Techinque
11:40 - Harry Legan - Treatment of Sleep Apnea
12:20 -   LUNCH
1:00 - Maria Giacinta Paolone  - Aesthetics and Directional Forces in Patient Treated in Two  Phases:  
Functional Therapy and Tweed Mechanics
1:20 - Koho Hase -  In Pursuit of a Beautiful Facial Profile with Tweed-Merrifield Mechanics in Japan      
1:40 - Edmond Chaptini - Individualized Class II Correction Based on the Tweed-Merrifield Philosophy
2:00 - End

AFTERNOON – EXAMINATIONS

Sunday, October 19, 2008

8:00 - Tweed General Assembly
9:00 - Andre Horn - The Merrifield Memorial Lecture      
11:00 - COFFEE BREAK
11:20 - Isabelle Jegou  - Class II Correction: When and How 
11:40 - Joseph Bou Serhal - Vertical Dimension and 3D Imaging: A Pilot Study”  
12:00 - Nicola Derton - Use of O.A.S.S.(Orthodontic Anchorage Spider Screw) in combination with Tweed – Merrifield technique and philosophy
12:30 - Redento Peretta -  Soft Tissue Paradigm: 3D Reconstruction and Face Analysis in Orthognathic      Patients   
12:50 - LUNCH
1:30 - Marzia Segù, Sandro Segù  - Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Patients with Skeletal Class III Malocclusion with Maxillary Hypoplasia          
1:50 - Alberto Casali - Two Phase Treatment in Class II Correction
2:10 - End

Monday, October 20, 2008

8:00 - Bob Stoner - Is Mandibular Response Better with Mandibular Second Molar Extraction?
8:20 - Sergio Cardiel Rios -  Case Report
8:35 - Shigeyori Inage  - Case Report
8:50 - Luca Giuliante  - Mandibular Response in Growing Patients
9:10 - Alain Decker -  Mandibular Kinematics and Occlusal Stability
9:30 - Camille Medawar -  Should Orthodontists Learn Wire Bending in the Twenty-First Century?
9:50 - Salvatore Calderone  - The Tweed-Merriefield Philosophy: Why, When and Which Teeth Should We Extract?
10:20 - BREAK
10:40 - Eddie Polk  - Retention and Minor Tooth Movement with Clear Aligners
11:00 - Herb Klontz - Revisiting the Goals, Concepts and Guidelines for Class II Correction
12:00 - Jim Vaden  - Stability : Can It Be Accomplished?
1:00 - LUNCH

• Submission of lectures - FEBRUARY 28, 2008
• Early registration - APRIL 15, 2008
• Late registration - JUNE 30, 2008
• Hotel accommodation - JUNE 30, 2008
• Cancellations - JULY 15, 2008
• Tweed Workshop - OCTOBER 17, 2008
• Tweed Meeting - OCTOBER 18-20, 2008