Congress Program 2024

Thursday 1st of August 2024

Two Pre-Courses Today

1. Afternoon -TBA

2. All Day - Straight-Wire Lingual, Pure Invisible Braces Perfection, Drs Scuzzo + Takemoto


Pre-Congress Morning Course

Straightwire Digital Lingual Set-Up

Dr Guiseppe Scuzzo, Rome, Italy.

8:00 AM Registration
8:27 AM Opening Remarks
Chairman Session Dr Wexler
8:30 AM Why Use Straightwire Lingual and Features of the System
9:15 AM Digital Set-Up System - E-Line Features & Steps to Acceess the E-Line DIgital Set-Up
10:30 AM Morning Break
11:00 AM Simple Cases
11:45 AM Extraction and Impossible Cases
12:30 PM Lunch

Pre-Congress Afternoon Course #1 

Bi-Maxillary Protrusion Treatment with StraightWire Lingual System

Dr Kyoto Takemoto, Tokyo, Japan.

1:30 PM Bi-Maxillary Dental Protrusion - Challenges for a Lingual System
2:15 PM Case Set-Up and Planning - How to Set up and plan the Bi-Maxillary Protrusion Case
3:00 PM Afternoon Break
3:30 PM Detailing Cases and Remediation of Errors
4:15 PM Complex Case Execution and Analysis
5:00 PM End
5:00 PM Welcome Reception Start
6:00 PM Welcome Reception End

Pre-Congress Afternoon Course #2 

How to Incorporate Maxillary Skeletal Expander (MSE) in Your Practice Immediately: The Nuts and Bolts of MSE Application.

Prof Won Moon,  Ajou School of Medicine & UCLA. Please read  publications listed on Won Moon Speaker Page

1:30 PM
  • Overall concept of MSE, Dx and Tx planning, and patient selection
  • MSE vs Other MARPE: Resistance vs Bone Driven Systems
  • Craniofacial v dentoalveolar changes with MSE 
  • 2:15 PM
  • Proper appliance selection and fabrication
  • Digital MSE placement
  • Optimal activation protocol based on mechanical and biological considerations
  • 3:00 PM Afternoon Break
    3:30 PM
  • Solution for patients with narrow palates
  • Solution for patients requiring multiple MSEs
  • Asymmetric patients and asymmetric expansion
  • 4:15 PM
  • Cortopuncture and MSE for challenging cases
  • Combining minor surgical procedure with MSE for even more challenging cases
  • MSE and airway changes
  • Troubleshooting
  • 5:00 PM End
    5:00 PM Welcome Reception Start
    6:00 PM Welcome Reception End

    Friday 2nd of August 2024

    Day 2 - Main Congress Program

    7:00 AM Congress Registration Opens
    7:25 AM Breakfast meeting
    Sponsored by 3M & Congress Opening
    7:25 AM Opening Address
    ASLO President, Dr Geoffrey Wexler
    7:30 AM Major 3M Clear Tray Aligner Global Innovation Revealed
    Presented by Platinum sponsor 3M, together with Dr Linton Nash
    8:30 AM Stuart McCrostie Memorial Lecture: The Latest Lingual Orthodontics: Customized Brackets, Pre-Formed Straight Archwires,  Multi-Functional Micro-Implants
    Prof Ryoon-Ki Hong, Seoul, South Korea, President of WSLO
    9:00 AM Aligners for the Correction of Vertical Dimension Problems and Asymmetries
    Prof Ali Darendeliler, Chair and Head of Orthodontics, University of Sydney
    9:45 AM Morning Break at Trade Expo
    10:15 AM Clear Aligner Treatment - A Multi-Dimensional Reveal of a Problem and Some Solutions 
    Dr Tony Weir, Brisbane, Australia & Assoc Prof Dr Haylea Blundell, Bendigo Australia
    11:00 AM Enhanced Vertical Control - TADs with Clear Aligners
    Dr Yoon-Ji Kim, South Korea
    11:30 AM Increasing Efficiency of Clear Aligner Treatment with Bone-Borne 3D Printed Appliances
    Dr Nour Eldin Tarraf, Sydney, Australia
    12:00 PM Multi-disciplinary approach to Lingual and Invisible Orthodontics in Complex Cases
    Dr Vittorio Cacciafesta, Milan Italy
    12:30 PM Get a grip: Enhancing Orthodontic Aligners with Attachments
    Dr Linton Nash, Melbourne, Australia
    1:00 PM House Keeping Remarks
    Dr Wexler
    1:01 PM Lunch at Trade Expo
    2:00 PM Direct Printed Aligners, Graphy, Aligner-TAD combination
    Dr Kenji Ojima, Tokyo Japan,
    2:45 PM Skeletal Anchorage for Maxilla Expansion
    Dr Won Moon, Fullerton California, USA

    3:30 PM Afternoon Break at Trade Expo
    4:00 PM Bimaxillary Protrusion Cases with the Alias Hidden Straightwire Appliance
    Dr Guiseppe Scuzzo
    4:30 PM Treatment set-up using Digital E-Line Set-up System
    Dr Kyoto Takemoto
    5:00 PM House Keeping Remarks
    Dr Wexler
    7:00 PM GALA DINNER AND DANCE START
    11:00 PM GALA DINNER AND DANCE END

    Saturday 3rd of August 2024

    Day 3 - Main Congress Program

    8:28 AM Opening
    ASLO President Dr Geoffrey Wexler
    8:30 AM Mastering Modern Orthodontics: Leveraging TADs, Customised appliances, and Digital Workflow for Transformative Results
    Dr Siva Vasudavan, Perth Western Australia
    9:30 AM Latest Techniques in Challenging Cases using MARPE Non-Surgical True Skeletal Expansion & Lingual Appliances
    Dr Ilya Lipkin, New Jersey USA
    10:30 AM Morning Break at Trade Expo
    11:00 AM Wabeez, a customized lingual system. : No friction mechanics
    Dr Didier Fillion, Paris France
    11:30 AM Active-Wing Appliance for Rapid Severe Bimaxillary Protrusion
    A. Prof Chen Qifeng, Ningde, China 
    12:15 PM How To Easily Integrate Lingual Braces Into Your Practice Using Digital Technology
    Dr Francis Wong, Gold Coast Australia
    1:00 PM House Keeping Remarks
    Dr Wexler
    1:01 PM Lunch 1 Hour at Trade Expo and AGM FOR Committee and Members of ASLO
    2:00 PM Innovative (Lingual) Indirect Bonding, Combined Digital & Manual Method
    Dr James Huang, Taipei, Taiwan
    2:30 PM Extraction Cases with the Completely Customised WIN Lingual Appliance
    Dr Jasprit Kaur Nirmal Singh, Canberra Australia
    3:20 PM Afternoon Break at Trade Expo
    3:40 PM An Evidence-Based Approach to Digital Orthodontics Part 1 (Duet with Prof P. Catteoano)
    Prof Marie Cornelis, Chair in Orthodontics, Uni of Melbourne Dental School, Australia
    An Evidence-Based Approach to Digital Orthodontics Part 2 (Duet with Prof M. Cornelis)
    Prof Paolo M Catteano, Bio-Medical Engineering, Uni of Melbourne, Dental School, Australia
    4:30 PM Successful Clinical Cases with Orthodontic Aesthetic Techniques
    Liana Lima Pinhiero, President of the Brazilian Dental Academy, Rio De Janiero
    5:10 PM President Wrap-Up & Thankyou's

    Speakers Dinner


    Sunday 04 August 2024

    Two Post-Courses Today

    1. Afternoon - Severe Bi-Maxillary Protrusion Correction - Fast & Accurate "Active Wing",  A.Prof, Dr Chen QiFeng, China

    2. All Day - Complex, Advanced MultiDisciplinary Orthodontic Cases, Dr Vittorio Cacciafesta, Milan, Italy


    Post-Congress Morning Course of

    All-Day Post Congress Course 1

    Complex Advanced Multi-Disciplinary Treatment with Lingual Appliances.

    Dr Vittorio Cacciafesta, Milan, Italy.

    7:58 AM Opening
    Dr Wexler
    8:00 AM Interdisciplinary vs Multi-Disciplinary:
    8:45 AM Team Vision Wax-Up Mock-Up, Digital Smile Design, Multi-Disciplinary Planning
    10:30 AM Morning Break
    11:00 AM Pre-prosthetic management - Molar Uprighting, Space Opening for Implants, Root Position & Angulation, Molar Protraction Limits
    11:45 AM Tooth Movement through Edentulous Sites, Implant Site Development, New bone Volume Formation, Implants + Orthodontics
    12:30 PM Lunch
    Post-Congress Afternoon Course of

    All-Day Post Congress Course 1

    Complex Advanced Multi-Disciplinary Treatment with Lingual Appliances.

    Dr Vittorio Cacciafesta, Milan Italy.

    1:30 PM Timing of Ortho with Perio, "When can Ortho Start?" Anchorage & Biomechanical Planning
    2:15 PM Manage Missing Papilla, Soft Tissue Augmentation, Bone Cleft and Recession Management in Lingual, Gummy Smiles
    3:00 PM Afternoon Break
    3:30 PM Digital Smile Design & Prosthetics Planning in Lingual Invisible Orthodonitcs, Optimise Results & Motivate for Ceramic Veneers
    4:15 PM Integration of Ceramic Veneers and Implant-Supported Re-Constructions in Lingual Patients 

    Post-Congress Course, Afternoon Course 2 

    Active-Wing Appliances for Severe Bi-Maxillary Protrusion

    A. Prof Chen Qifeng at Nanchang and Practitioner at Ningde, China.

    1:30 PM The Need for a Special Appliance for protrusion cases
    2:15 PM The correction procedure and clinical operating points of lingual Active-wing correction technology
    3:00 PM Afternoon Break
    3:30 PM Molar Tubes, Main Sliding Archwire made of Simple, Standard Components
    4:15 PM Treatment of Many Complex Bi-Maxillary Protrusion Cases in Short Treatment Times