Fri., Nov. 8, 2024
TBD – PM (3 CE hrs)
Room TBD
Speaker: Bruce McFarlane, DMD, BScD, MCID, FRCD(C), DipABO

Recommended for: Dentists

In this course, orthodontist Dr. Bruce McFarlane will introduce you to the world of clear aligners and share his vast knowledge, experience, and practical skills as a pioneer in the field. Participants will learn how to easily incorporate any clear aligner system into their general practice and return to their patients ready to treat with confidence.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand step-by-step clinical procedures, from taking records to delivering aligners, and monitoring your patients until case completion.
• Understand diagnosis and treatment planning for clear aligners, including working with labs and different technologies.
• Participate in the step-by-step clinical workflow: impressions, digital scanning, bonding attachments, interproximal reduction (IPR), monitoring and troubleshooting, refinement and revision for case finishing, removing attachments and polishing, and placing the patient in retention.

Course Outline:

• Case Delivery
• IPR
• Attachments
• Elastics
• Execution and Troubleshooting
• Finishing and Retention
• Case Gallery
• Transverse Change with Clear Aligner Hybrids
• A-P Change with Clear Aligner Hybrids
• Conclusion and Call to Action

Bruce McFarlane, DMD, BScD, MCID, FRCD(C), DipABO is a distinguished orthodontist, educator, and mentor. Graduating from the University of Manitoba in 1984 with a Doctor of Dental Medicine and a Bachelor of Science, he then obtained his master’s degree in Orthodontics from the University of Western Ontario in 1992. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada and an American Board-Certified Specialist in Orthodontics. For the last 29 years, he has been in private practice in Manitoba, Ontario, and California.

A former assistant professor of Graduate Orthodontics at the University of Manitoba, and accomplished author, Dr. McFarlane has established himself as a prominent speaker and educator throughout North America and Europe. For many years he has shared his vast knowledge and experience through ICANDO Inc. and by working as a KOL, speaker, educator, and consultant for Cerum Ortho Organizers, and now, Catapult Education.

Dr. McFarlane (or an immediate family member), has a significant relationship with the following commercial organization whose products he will refer to in his presentation: Henry Schein Orthodontics.