DL 238 - Lab for DL 237

Credit Hours: 1.5

Wire bending techniques. Construction of active and passive orthodontic appliances.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

identify various types of malocclusions;
fabricate orthodontic study models;
design an orthodontic appliance capable of correcting a specific malocclusion;
fabricate a removable orthodontic appliance;
repair a removable orthodontic appliance; and
apply theoretic knowledge of functional appliances.

Prerequisites: DL 111, DL 113
Concurrent Registration: DL 237
F (S)