Program

1. Planning orthodontic treatment with extractions
2. Classification of skeletal anchorage
3. Principles of biomechanics and treatment planning for extraction space closure.
4. Mechanics of a straight arc
5. Closing many spaces
6. Extractions on one dental arch
7. Using TADs to close spaces
8. Extraction of the lower incisors
9. Mechanics of aligners for closing spaces

Dr. Ravindra Nanda is currently a UConn Alumni Professor, Professor and Head of the Department of Craniofacial Sciences, and Chairman of the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
 
He obtained his education at the University of Lucknow in India. He gained orthodontic knowledge first there, and then at Nymegen in the Netherlands and the University of Connecticut. He also received his PhD from the University of Nymegen. He was Associate Professor of Orthodontics at Loyola University, Illinois, from 1970 to 1972 and has been associated with the University of Connecticut since 1972.
 
Dr. Nanda is the author and co-author of seven works on orthodontics and over two hundred scientific and clinical articles in the largest magazines. He is the editor-in-chief of Progress in Orthodontics. He is a member of the editorial boards of ten different national and international orthodontic magazines. He is also deputy editor of the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics.
 
He is an active member of various organizations, including the American Association of Orthodontists, the European Orthodontic Society and the Edward H. Angle Society. Dr. Nanda is Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics. He has given many lectures to national and international organizations. He has won awards from numerous orthodontic organizations.
 
Dr. Nanda is the co-author of Retention and Stability. His most recent works include Biomechanics in Clinical Orthodontics, Biomechanic and Esthetic Strategies In Clinical Orthodontics, Temporary Anchorage Devices in Orthodontics and Current Therapy in Orthodontics “Esthetics and Biomechanics in Orthodontics. The title of his new book is “Atlas of Complex Orthodontics”.