Lahore: Faryal Dental College (FDC) recently held 3rd session of orthodontics workshop. The session was organized under supervision of Prof Dr Farhat Amin, Head of Department, Orthodontics. The session included detailed lectures by Dr Mariam Masood, Assistant Professor, Orthodontics and Dr Adeel Iftikhar, Senior Registrar, Orthodontics .
The workshop included lectures on anterior-posterior and vertical discrepancies in dentofacial region. A detailed demonstration was given on Phantom heads and orthopedic appliances usage were discusses. The lecturers highlighted the management of class II, class III, open-bite and deep bite malocclusions.
Later, Dr Afifa Ahsan, Associate professor, Oral Biology gave a detailed lecture on the importance of maxillary first molar in development of occlusion and malocclusion.
The college administration supported and appreciated the efforts of orthodontics department in organizing the session.
-DN Report
Dr Muattar Hanif
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