Basic orthodontic aspects III

Code:

EORTO 61

Acronym:

ABOIII

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Dental Sciences

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S (edição n.º 1)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Gestão Académica
Course/CS Responsible:	Specialization in Orthodontics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EORTO	4	Study Plan 2017/2018	2	-	4	45	108
EORTO	4	Especialização em Ortdontia - Plano de Estudos 2023/2024	2	-	4	45	108

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The general aims offer the following core competences:

- To be able analyze the opportunityThe general goals are:

- To insure the knowledge of the biology of tooth movement;

- To improve skils on biological bases of dento-facial orthopaedics;

- To develope clinical capacity in applying the extra-oral traction forces.

Learning outcomes and competences

The studente must be able:

- To know of the biology of tooth movement;

- To have high skils on biological bases of dento-facial orthopaedics;

- To apply clinically the extra-oral traction forces.

Working method

Presencial

Program

- Biology of tooth movement;
- The biological bases of dentofacial orthopedic therapy;
- Extraoral forces.

Mandatory literature

McNamara, James A., Jr.; Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics. ISBN: 0-9635022-3-9
William R. Proffit; Contemporary Orthodontics. ISBN: 978-0-323-54387-3

Comments from the literature

additional bibliography based on pertinent and up-to-date articles on the subject of the classes will be provided in due course

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and other classes (9 T + 36 PL)

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	45,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	45,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	45,00
Trabalho laboratorial	63,00
Total:	108,00

Eligibility for exams

Compulsory frequency of 75% contact hours

Calculation formula of final grade

Presence at classes x 10% + Pratical work x 45% + Exam 45 %;
The final classification will bee expressed in a numeric scale from 0 to 20.
Approval requires a minimum of final classification is 10.

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