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TADs and Aligners: Digital Orthodontics, Early Treatment, Face Asymmetry
Connect anchorage, aligner planning and complex-case mechanics.
With Dr. Chris Chang
Course information
Look beyond the appliance. Understand the mechanics.
Explore how Dr. Chris Chang approaches orthodontic treatment decisions across growing patients and challenging adult cases. Fourteen lectures connect early intervention, skeletal anchorage, digital planning and clear aligner therapy.
Follow the reasoning behind extraction and non-extraction plans, asymmetry treatment, open-bite correction and impacted-tooth management. The course also examines orthodontic preparation for implant treatment and minor surgical procedures used in orthodontic practice.
Course duration19h 22m
Video curriculum14 lessons
Teaching languageEnglish instruction
Subtitle supportMultilingual options
Streaming qualityFull HD video
Course accessLifetime access
CertificateIncluded after completion
Who this course is for
For clinicians connecting orthodontic diagnosis with biomechanics.
Designed for orthodontists and dentists with an orthodontic foundation who want to examine the rationale behind more complex treatment plans.
Dentists providing aligner therapy
Review digital planning, challenging movements and the role of adjunctive mechanics.
Clinicians coordinating interdisciplinary care
Explore the connections between orthodontics, implant-site preparation and minor surgery.
Diagnosis and mechanics
Choose the mechanics to fit the problem.
An appliance is part of the treatment plan—not the starting diagnosis.
Compare early treatment, Class II and Class III correction, and extraction decisions before reviewing the individual mechanics. Use the case discussions to examine why a particular combination was selected.
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Connect the intended tooth movement with anchorage, timing and treatment limits.
What you’ll learn
Six perspectives on the orthodontic treatment plan.
01
Early intervention
Consider timing and diagnosis before selecting a treatment approach for growing patients.
02
Skeletal anchorage
Examine the role of TADs within fixed-appliance and aligner treatment.
03
Digital aligner planning
Connect the proposed tooth movements with a workable biomechanical plan.
04
Asymmetry and open bite
Review case-based approaches and the limits of non-surgical treatment.
05
Impacted teeth
Study maxillary and mandibular impactions as distinct planning challenges.
06
Interdisciplinary decisions
Relate orthodontic movement to implant preparation and adjunctive surgical procedures.
TADs and aligners
Review the combined approach in context.
Dedicated lectures address challenging aligner cases, digital orthodontics and the combined use of TADs and aligners. Revisit these alongside the lessons on asymmetry, open bite and impaction.
- Skeletal anchorage
- Digital planning
- Case-specific mechanics
- Adjunctive procedures
Course curriculum
14 lessons in a clear sequence.
Review the complete lesson list and available runtimes.
Lesson list14 lessons
- Early Orthodontic Treatment
- Class II Correction
- Ortho-Implant Connections
- Keys to Aligner Treatment for Challenging Cases
- Extraction vs Non-Extraction: A Reasonable Treatment Plan
- Asymmetry Treatment: TADs + Damon Q
- Non-Surgical Correction of Anterior Open Bite
- Simplified Mechanics for Challenging Cases
- Digital Orthodontics and Aligner Therapy
- Maxillary Tooth Impaction: Author’s Technique
- Mandibular Tooth Impaction: Author’s Technique
- Conservative Treatment of Class III
- Minor Surgeries in Daily Orthodontic Practice
- TADs + Aligners: Combined Use
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OrthodonticsYour instructor
Dr. Chris Chang
DDS, PhD · Orthodontist and international educator
Dr. Chris Chang received his PhD in bone physiology and Certificate in Orthodontics from Indiana University. A Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, he founded Beethoven Orthodontic Center in Taiwan. His teaching and publications explore skeletal anchorage, impacted teeth and combined orthodontic–implant treatment. He is the inventor of OrthoBoneScrew (OBS).
Your learning experience
Return to the decision you are studying.
Fourteen individually timed lectures let you move between the wider treatment plan and a focused clinical topic.
Study the reasoning
Follow the lecturer’s discussion of treatment choices and biomechanical problems.
Keep lessons available
Download the course videos and included resources for offline review.
Revisit challenging topics
Return to anchorage, aligner planning and impaction management at your own pace.
Choose how you study
Continue on desktop, tablet or mobile with room to pause and take notes.
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