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American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons (ASMS) Ferraro Winter Basic Course: BASIC MAXILLOFACIAL PRINCIPLES & TECHNIQUES January 20-22, 2023 Ostrow School of Dentistry at USC Chair: Raymond Harshbarger, MD Honorary Chair: Andy Wexler, MD Local Hosts: Jeff Hammoudeh, MD, DDS, Mark Urata, MD, DDS
Friday, January 20, 2023
7:30 am	Registration
8:00 a.m.	Welcome Mark Urata, MD, DDS Introduction of course faculty Introduction to ASMS (History, membership, educational activities) Course Overview Acknowledgment of corporate sponsors
8:15 a.m.	Housekeeping Issues Raymond Harshbarger, MD How did registrants find out about the course? Course Evaluation Forms. ASMS Application Forms. Acknowledgment and thanks to corporate supporters.
8:20 a.m.	Oral & Dental Anatomy Andy Wexler, MD Mucosal and salivary glands Teeth and supporting structures (pediatric and adult) Alveolar bone Occlusion terminology and assessment: centric, rest, overjet, overbite
8:50 a.m.	Use of Dental Splints/ Principles of Dental Extraction Jeff Hammoudeh, MD, DDS Indications for Palatal Fractures Use of Lingual Splints Use of dentures as splints in edentulous patients Possible use of splints for pediatric mandibular fractures Review of instruments used for dental extraction Surgical Techniques of Dental extraction Extraction Of impacted third molar
9:35 a.m.	Head and Neck Anatomy Andrea Ray, MD Bone, soft tissue, facial nerve Approaches to the craniofacial skeleton Coronal, Upper and lower eyelids incision, Intra oral incisions Risdon, retro mandibular incisions
10:05 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:20 a.m.	Mandible Trauma & Reconstruction Warren Schubert , MD Mandibular/anatomy and biomechanics Surgical approaches Use of mini-plates versus large plates, lag screws Mandibular fractures-various types Defect mandibular injuries (comminuted, edentulous, segmental defect) Teeth in the line of fracture Treatment of avulsed teeth Use of trochar system
11:10 a.m.	Orbital and Zygoma Fractures John Menezes, MD Orbital Fx's and reconstruction (blow-out, blow-in, entrapment) Zygomatic Fx's
11:45 a.m.	Principles of VSP Raymond Harshbarger, MD Introduction to webinar-based planning Facial trauma, reconstruction Clinical transfer tools, guides, plates
12:15-12:55 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Laboratory session Rotation 1: Limited Traditional dental lab (2 hours) Limited demonstration of impressions/models/articulation/splint creation- FACULTY Practice making acrylic splint on either typodont/stone model (provided)- STUDENTS Light cured splint, bracket/wire (alveolar fxs)- IN DEVELOPMENT Rotation 2: Wiring techniques (2 hours) Arch bars/wiring demonstration/video Practice on typodont/saw bone skull: Arch bars application: traditional, hybrid Wiring techniques: Ernst, ivy loop, bridle wire MMF methods: arch bars/fish, IMF screws, interdental wires Interfragmentary wiring Mandibular border wiring
5:00 p.m.	Friday Program Concludes
6:00 pm	Reception at Hotel
Saturday, January 21, 2023
7:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.	Lecture session: ASMS Membership & Benefits Raymond Harshbarger, MD Why join? Membership application.
8:15 a.m.	Nasal Fracture Alex Lin, MD
8:40 a.m.	Maxillary (Le Fort I, II, III) Palatal fracture Reza Jarrahy, MD
9:30 a.m.	Frontal Sinus Fracture/Naso Orbito Ethmoid Mark Martin, MD, DDS
10:15-10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:30 a.m.	Panfacial Sequencing CJ Langevin, MD, DDS
11:00 a.m.	Review of principles of osteosynthesis William Hoffman, MD Cranial and facial region specific Use of mesh Bone grafting techniques
11:30 a.m.	Incorporation of VSP into Facial trauma Alex Lin, MD/Raymond Harshbarger, MD Video demo Lecture Other ideas
12:00-12:45 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Laboratory Session All faculty Rotation I: Application of Plates & Screws to Mandible & Midface Fractures using Saw Bone Models: (2 hours) Mandible fracture exercises: Plating of angle fracture- Champy, other options Lag screw fixation: symphyseal fracture Plating subcondylar fracture "Locking screw” large reconstruction plate for mandibular defect Introduction to trochars for screw placement Midface fracture exercises: Mini-plates for zygoma fracture Mini-plates for hemi-LeFort I fracture Mesh plate for orbital floor fracture Rotation 2: VSP and VR for fracture management (2 hours) Live demo VR Reduction pan-facial fractures other Live demo VSP Live VSP (with engineer) NOE/ZMC fx case 3D printing- reduction model Pre-bend fixation plate VSP recorded Planning custom orbital implants Printed examples Digiscan->3D printed splint?
5:35 p.m.	Saturday program concludes
Sunday, January 22, 2023
7:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
7:20 a.m.	Digital cephalometrics/VSP for orthognathic surgery Lee Alkureishi, MD
8:30 a.m.	Orthognathic Surgery/orthodontics Jeff Hammoudeh, MD, DDS
9:00 a.m.	Laboratory session: VSP guided osteotomies/plating: Orthognathic Surgery, Genioplasty All faculty members Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy, (BSSO), of the mandible with plating & screw fixation. Le Fort 1 Osteotomy & plating. osseous genioplasty- guide/3D plate Resorbable plates demonstration ("one on one" in the lab)
10:45 a.m.	Coffee Break (Faculty debriefing Session All faculty)
10:45 a.m.	Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery Mark Urata, MD, DDS
11:05 a.m.	Pediatric Fractures Peter Lorenz, MD Unique pediatric problems regarding mandible Fx's Unique problems regarding pediatric dentition Discussion of possible unique needs of splinting for pediatric fractures Midface Fx's Controversies regarding pediatric plating and the use of absorbable plates and screws
11:30 a.m.	Transgender Surgery Stacey Francis, MD
12:00 p.m.	ASMS Course Adjourns PRE-COURSE VIDEOS: Joe Garri video and Patel orthognathic Surgery