Kieran Daly

Dr Kieran Daly runs a busy technology focused orthodontic office in Dublin, Ireland which is part of a comprehensive interdisciplinary center. He provides a full range of orthodontic treatments from the mixed dentition to complex interdisciplinary treatments.

His orthodontic office includes a modern in-house laboratory that has evolved over 20 years and implements the most up to date digital technology which is used for the routine fabrication of skeletal anchorage appliances.

He provides teaching and mentoring to the postgraduate orthodontic students from Trinity College Dublin in his office.

Dr Daly was the first Irish orthodontist to undergo the rigorous accreditation of both the European Board of Orthodontics as well as the Angle Society of Europe. His professional qualifications include:

-Honors Degree in Dental Science, Trinity College Dublin
-Membership of the Faculty of Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
-Membership in Orthodontics of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh
-Honors Master’s Degree in Orthodontics, Trinity College Dublin
-Fellowship in Orthodontics of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
-FACE Advanced Orthodontics Certification
-Member of the European Board of Orthodontics
-Active Membership of the European Angle Society

Course details

3D guided skeletal anchorage versus conventional straight wire mechanics – when is it really better for our patients?

In this presentation we will review the evolution of the straight wire appliance and its mechanics and how that has led to the more recent introduction of temporary implant supported skeletal anchorage.

The presenters will report on their experience of decades of trial and error in developing effective biomechanics initially with the straight wire appliance and subsequently how this has evolved to the introduction of skeletal anchorage.

Dr. Daly will share his early experiences of the implementation of skeletal anchorage and his initial successes and failures. He will then elaborate on how the use of 3D technology has helped to streamline and optimize both temporary placement and subsequent appliance fabrication and placement.

Together they will explain simple and practical ideas and illustrate protocols for the resolution of malocclusions using both these old and new techniques including clear and simple ways of implementing skeletal anchorage into your daily orthodontic practice for the benefit of both you and your patients.

This course will  

• Simplify your understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of skeletal anchorage
• Help you to choose the appropriate skeletal anchorage for different malocclusions
• Show you how to create YOUR team to effectively produce and place skeletal anchorage
  
  

Learning Objectives

• How to decide when skeletal anchorage offers advantages to you and to your patients
• A summary of the evolution of straight wire mechanics and its applications to skeletal anchorage
• How to use 3D technology for the implementation and application of skeletal anchorage
• How to design and apply effective straight wire biomechanics and when to use skeletal anchorage