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Comprehensive Orthodontics

Add orthodontics or extend your orthodontic services in your general dentistry practice with Comprehensive Orthodontics. Earn a CE credit while you study with outstanding orthodontic educator and clinician, Dr. Timothy G. Shaughnessy.

This course provides an extended comprehensive education covering nearly all aspects of orthodontics. It will take you from diagnosis, through treatment, and into retention. Protocols will include early interceptive procedures, functional orthopedic therapy, fixed "straight-wire" treatment, and both fixed and removable retention appliances.

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Dr. Litt spent 20 years of his academic career directing the graduate orthodontic programs at the University of Detroit School of Dentistry and the University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry. This course is a distillization of the concepts and procedures provided in a graduate school orthodontic curricula of these two fine programs. Dr. Litt is the original author of the Comprehensive Orthodontics Course. Dr. Litt retired in 2023.

Comprehensive Orthodontics is available both in-person and online. Discounts are available for dentists who would like to participate in both.

Timothy G. Shaughnessy, DDS, MS will be presenting all in-person Comprehensive Orthodontics Courses. Dr. Shaughnessy has been part of the faculty of FORCE, International since the late 1980’s.

In-person

The in-person Comprehensive Orthodontics course is a two-part, 8-day program. Join us in Birmingham, MI for this extensive 56 CE Credit hour course.

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Online

The online Comprehensive Orthodontics course follows the same syllabus as the in-person course through a series of videos organized into 17 chapters. Watch on your own time and test your progress.

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“I can't imagine why a general or pediatric dentist would ever try to practice orthodontics before understanding the incredible amount of basic information offered in this simple, one-day course.”

Dr. Brian Way
Mississauga ON

“Excellent course! Lots of great, practical information was presented that allowed us to utilize the VectorTAS system immediately once we received the kit. A must course for anyone doing modern orthodontics.”

Dr. Roy Andrassy and Dr. Tim Reid
Calgary AB

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AGD ID# 211765 6/1/2022 to 5/31/2026

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