Special Lecture

Skeletal Anchorage with TADs: State of Current Research

Ravindra Nanda

Dr. Ravindra Nanda is Professor Emeritus, Former Head of the Department of Craniofacial Sciences and Division of Orthodontics, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, U.S.A. He is Editor-in-Chief of Progress in Orthodontics. He is also an associate editor of Journal of Clinical Orthodontics.

Dr. Nanda is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics. He is past President of NA Angle Society. He has given numerous named lectures at national and international societies including Mershon Lecture at American Association of Orthodontics and Sheldon Friel Lecture at 2011 EOS Congress. He received the coveted Honorary Member award from WFO in 2020. He has been recognized with various awards and Honorary memberships from numerous international orthodontic organizations. including "legend in Orthodontics" from Diplomates of American Board of Orthodontics in 2017.

Dr.Nanda has authored and edited eight text books on Retention and Stability, Biomechanics, Temporary Anchorage Devices, Complex Orthodontic Problems and Esthetics. His latest book is Temporary Anchorage Devices (with Drs. Uribe and Yadav) and Principles and Biomechanics of Aligner Orthodontic Treatment (with Castroflorio, Garino and Ojima).
E-mail: nanda@uchc.edu

Lecture Description

Temporary Anchorage Devices have become part of everyday clinical practice over the last two decades. Initial case reports led to research related to screws, mode of placement, bone morphology , best sites, stability. This research has resulted in expanded use of TADs to do major orthodontic tooth movements and often to minimize or eliminate the use of orthognathic surgery. As an editor-in-chief of Progress in Orthodontics we receive approximately 75-80 submissions a year out of 750 total submissions related to TADs. This presentation will discuss what type of articles end up accepted in PIO, since it is an online journal and submission to acceptance and publication is only 55 days. This represents latest research related to Temporary Anchorage Devices.

Learning objective

To learn latest research in the area of TADs
To describe the importance of systematic reviews related to TADs research