International Fellowship Certification Course in Orthodontics

The 6 day International Orthodontics Fellowship training course is the most popular short term courses in orthodontics in India. AFO conducts the 6 day Fellowship course twice every year in Bangalore, India during the months of April and October and in New Delhi, India during the months of May and November. We also conduct the 6 days short term comprehensive orthodontics course in New Delhi center at anytime of the year after prior booking. The astute participants gets a specially designed course whereby they are directly given FELLOWSHIP certification. AFO provides you with the most complete handson orthodontics training courses!

This 6 days course is intended for dentists who have little or no experience in orthodontics and want to learn to incorporate it into their practices or progress from removable appliances to a comprehensive, fixed technique. This is a one-of-a-kind, hands-on course which will help you to increase your practice base. You can take the Self starter online Level I orthodontics course and then do the entire Level I, Level II and III classroom courses at our center on the scheduled dates and pay only the balance course fees!

You can become AFO Fellow & Certified Orthodentist by attending the AFO courses in Orthodontics. All AFO courses come with a free 5 year post-course mentoring. Take the entire course or take Level I alone or Level I and II alone according to your convenience.

The experienced orthodontist and former AFO course participants can also learn LINGUAL ORTHODONTICS. AFO is conducting the 1 day course on STb Lingual Orthodontics and will show the course participants proprietary indirect bonding technique developed by Dr.Ravi Kumar specifically for Lingual orthodontics practice. Lingual course will be conducted 1 the day before or after the Fellowship course dates.

Please see above for the latest schedule.

Certificates and Accreditation

What you get from the Course

1. Hardbound Course Manual

2. CD with soft copy of textbooks

3. 5 years free post course mentoring and 10mts discussion time for all your cases

4. Access to clinical photographs and Course videos online

5. Cert.(Ortho) certification and Fellowship from AFO OR Certified Level I /II / III

AFO proudly presents the Level I certificate course in Straight Wire Orthodontics on Day 1 and Day 2.

Date: Day 1 and Day 2

Time: 10.00 AM TO 5.00 PM each day

Course Fee: 20,000 INR / 450 USD

Topics

Day 1

1. Introduction to AFO Course Philosophy

2. Growth and Development

3. Biomechanics

4. Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

a. Extra oral examination / Habits

b. Intra oral examination

c. Photography in Orthodontics and Model Analysis

d. Cephalometrics

5. Space gaining

6. Straight Wire Appliance

7. MBT System

8. Armamentarium

9. Banding and Bonding

10.Anchorage Control

11.Mechanotherapy

12.Retention and Relapse

Day 2

Hands-on Typodont – Full mouth Banding, Bonding, Wire placement and Wire removal

The Level I and Level II can be taken together for a direct Level II certification.

Date: Day 3, Day 4, Day 5

Time: 10.00 AM TO 5.00 PM each day

Course Fee Level II– 35,000 INR / 950 USD (Level II alone for those who have completed Level I)

Course Fee Level I and Level II together– 55,000 INR / 1400 USD

Topics

Day 1

Biomechanics of Wire bending within PEA

Cephalometrics

Practicals

Day 2

Biomechanics of Wire bending within PEA II

Model Analysis

Practicals

Day 3

Realistic Treatment PhilosophyTM

Interceptive Orthodontics

Functional Orthodontics

Day 6 – Orthodontic Mini Screw Implants with handson on Typodont

– Self Ligating Brackets, Tip-Edge, Begg’s Technique

Course Fee – 15,000 INR / 350 USD for Mini Screw alone and 25,000 for both / 650 USD

Course Fee for Level I to Level III (Fellowship) 80,000 INR / 2000 USD

Topics

Mini Screw Implants (Handson)

Tip-Edge

Self Ligating

Begg’s

1.Hands on training on typodonts

2.Practical class on Cephalometric Tracing and Analysis

3.Practical class on Model Analysis

4. Practical class on Wire Bending

5. Practical class on Orthodontics Mini Implants (TAD)

6. Practical class on Free Ceph software

Case Review & Post-Course Mentoring No extra charges will be levied for the post-course mentoring of all new and in-progress cases for a period of 5 years. This post course mentoring is the unique highlight of the course as this will allow the participant to discuss their cases as the treatment progresses. Each participant also gets 10mts of online discussion time per case if needed.

FAFO – Fellowship of Academy of Fixed Orthodontics and Cert. (Ortho) for all those who takes up Level I to Level III.

Each of the above courses is stand-alone and participants can stop at any level, if they are satisfied with the clinical / knowledge outcomes for the particular skill level.

Dr Ravi Kumar, the Director of AFO and chief faculty, an alumnus of Government Dental College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India, has been interested in teaching, research and innovation in orthodontics. He has published many scientific papers and authored a textbook in orthodontics for the undergraduate student. He has also been awarded the National award in India for his work.

He started his orthodontic practice in 2002 with the Begg’s technique and switched to the MBTtm Straight Wire technique seeing the superior results and ease of practice. He started Academy of Fixed Orthodontics in 2004 for teaching orthodontics to GPD’s. He is the Founder President of Indian Society Of Orthodontics For General Practitioners

He has lectured throughout the world in orthodontics and his online self starter courses are very popular. He has also developed a short course interdisciplinary treatment method, using orthodontics, prosthodontics and endodontics, ideally suited for adult patients, called the Realistic Treatment Philosophy (RTPtm) and is presently engaged in popularizing this. As the Director and chief faculty at AFO, his motto is to impart practical education in orthodontics to those interested in its practice. He says “Practical orthodontics, like in routine practice, is easy, especially so if planning for anterior correction with short course treatments in adults.” He is also an expert in the Lingual STB system and has included it in his taught subjects.

Dr Ravi Kumar being awarded the National Award for Innovation by late Shri Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India.