The Next Evolution of Early Preventive Orthodontics: Airway-Focused Expansion & Functional Treatment with AMCOP

Summary

This course presents a modern, functional, and preventive approach to orthodontics, integrating appliance therapy with targeted neuromuscular and myofunctional strategies to achieve stable, biologically sound outcomes.

Participants will challenge traditional orthodontic timelines by moving beyond the outdated recommendation of evaluation at age 7. Instead, they will learn how early assessment and treatment as young as age 3, can assist with developmental concerns at their source.

Through the application of bio-orthodontics, elastomeric AMCOP appliances, myofunctional therapy, and interdisciplinary collaboration with nutritionists, lactation consultants, speech therapists, ENTs, osteopaths, and chiropractors, participants will gain a comprehensive and practical framework for delivering early, preventative care.

By the end of this course, attendees will be equipped to confidently assess, diagnose, and treat functional and developmental orthodontic issues earlier, improve treatment efficiency and stability, and immediately integrate early preventative airway-focused, interdisciplinary protocols into daily practice.

This course represents the next evolution of orthodontics—proactive, functional, and patient-centered.

Day 1

• Understand the paradigm shift toward functional and preventive orthodontics
• Learn the principles of neuromuscular functional orthodontics
• Understand growth modification and its role in early intervention
• Perform airway and breathing assessments in pediatric patients
• Utilizing the assistance of take-home sleep studies, and how to review and interpret sleep study results
• Properly assess feeding, speech, and myofunctional disorders
• Conduct lip tie and tongue tie assessments
• Identify and manage oral habits such as thumb and finger sucking
• Learn when and how to collaborate effectively with:
  • ENTs
  • Speech therapists
  • Lactation consultants
  •  Osteopaths
  • Chiropractors

Day 2

• Understand the selection and use of elastodontic AMCOP appliances
• Selection according to chewing platform and arch form
• Customize and adjust appliances for individual patients
• Treat Class I, II, and III malocclusions, as well as crossbites and open bites
• Follow step-by-step clinical workflows for predictable treatment delivery
• Participate in case discussions and treatment planning
• Explore the use of adjunctive tools such as Froggy Mouth and other myofunctional devices
• Implement evidence-based myofunctional exercise programs
• Integrate myofunctional therapy into orthodontic workflows to improve efficiency and stability
• Apply practical, ready-to-use protocols immediately in clinical practice

Value Adds

Private Mentorship Community

• 6 months of private group chat access
• Monthly live Q&A virtuals or calls
• Case review sessions

Office Implementation Blueprint

• Screening tools & protocols
• Scripts & worflows
• Presentation strategies
• Pre- & Post-op forms

Referral Network Templates

Templates for communication with:

• ENTs
• Speech therapists
• Lactation consultants
• Osteopaths
• Chiropractors

Pre-Requisites

• Pre-training competency quiz.
• Individuals must be actively registered with their provincial association and/or college.

Requirements

• You must attend 100% of the scheduled course to be eligible to receive Clinch Certification.

Cancellation Policy

The Clinch Learning Center, an affiliate of ClinchCM Inc., reserves the right to postpone or cancel any course at its discretion. In the event of a postponement or cancellation registrants will be notified and under the discretion of CLC course fees will either be applied to the newly scheduled date or refunded in full.

Full Refund:

• Attendees are eligible for a full refund, minus administrative fees, if they cancel more than 60 days before the registered course date.

Partial Refund:

• Attendees who cancel within 30 to 60 days before the course date are eligible for a partial refund, minus administrative fees.

No Refund:

• Cancellations made less than 30 business days before the course date are not eligible for a refund. Course fees can be transferred to another available course 14-30 days before the course date.

Please note that the CLC is not liable for any incidental expenses (including transportation and/or accommodation costs) associated with courses and course postponements or cancellations.

Disclaimer

This course does not meet the RCDSO criteria as a supplemental course in orthodontic procedures for Level II Dental Assistants as outline by the College’s Guideline in the “Performance of Intra-Oral Procedures that are Not Controlled Acts.”

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