OrthoTrain Nashik VI - Comprehensible Course in Fixed Orthodontics for GPs

India's premier multi-module CDE programme in fixed orthodontics - since 2005

OrthoTrain's sixth Nashik batch of the Comprehensible Course in Fixed Orthodontics for GPs - India's premier multi-module CDE programme in fixed orthodontics, running since 2005 with over 1000 OrthoTrainees. Learn clinical orthodontics from case selection and diagnosis through to treatment planning and execution, using lectures, demonstrations, hands-on work, typodonts and live patients. You can start treating your own patients after the first module.\n\nFour modules totalling 10 days, spread over 10 to 12 months: Module 1 is 4 days, Modules 2, 3 and 4 are 2 days each. Classes start at 9.30am daily. Module 1 runs 20-23 November 2026.\n\nTHE NASHIK VENUE WAS NOT STATED in the announcement - ask the organisers.\n\nCourse mentor: Dr. Akshay Rathi (9820039041). Course coordinator: Dr. Seema Rathi (9820199793) - contact her for enrolment. Details at orthotrain.in

Course content

• MODULE 1 (4 days)
• 1. Introduction & Terminology
• 2. Normal Occlusion & Malocclusion
• 3. Diagnosis — case history, functional screening, model analysis (lecture + hands-on), cephalometric analysis (lecture, ceph tracing demo, hands-on), OPG analysis, photographic analysis, comprehensive diagnosis
• 4. Record Analysis
• 5. Treatment Planning — overview of appliances, extraction vs non-extraction decision making
• 6. Bonding — on ideal casts (demo + hands-on), on typodont set in severe malocclusion (hands-on), mentor demonstrating bonding and first archwire placement on a patient
• 7. Appliances
• 8. Archwire Sequencing
• 9. Oral Hygiene During Treatment
• 10. Anchorage
• 11. Finishing and Detailing
• 12. Retention
• Plus: mechano-therapy lecture, simulation of orthodontic tooth movement on typodont, wire-bending demonstration and hands-on, live patients, debonding video, retention lecture, table discussions, candidate case analysis.
• MODULE 2 (2 days)
• 1. Recap of Module 1
• 2. The Biologic Basis of Orthodontic Treatment
• 3. Banding Procedure
• 4. Clinical Photography
• 5. Mixed Dentition Treatment
• 6. Fixed Expansion Appliances
• 7. Dentofacial Orthopedics
• 8. Model Analysis
• 9. Open & Closed Coil Springs and Elastics
• 10. Clinical Tips
• 11. Clinical Errors
• MODULE 3 (2 days)
• 1. Recap of Modules 1 and 2
• 2. Bio-Mechanics
• 3. Wire Bending
• 4. Adult Orthodontics
• 5. Ceramic Brackets
• 6. Pre-Prosthetic Orthodontics
• 7. Canine Exposure Mechanics
• 8. Management of Class III
• 9. Air Rotor Stripping
• 10. Management of Deep Bite and Open Bite
• MODULE 4 (2 days)
• 1. Recap of Modules 1, 2 and 3
• 2. Stage II and Retraction Mechanics
• 3. Aligner Protocol
• 4. Treatment Planning
• 5. Orthodontic Components and Uses
• 6. Begg's Techniques
• 7. Lingual Orthodontics Overview
• 8. Indirect Bonding
• 9. Management of Class III
• 10. Finishing and Detailing
• 11. Orthodontic Micro-Implants
• 12. Mutilated Dentition
• 13. Retention

Highlights

• Lectures
• Demo & hands-on
• Videos
• Typodonts
• Live patients
• Start treating your own patients after the first module
• Established 2005 — over 1000 OrthoTrainees

Includes

Complimentary imported plier set worth Rs 18,000 High-quality personalised notebook for each module Hand-outs and all material for hands-on activities All course material, hands-on material and patients provided Breakfast, lunch, tea and coffee snacks (accommodation not included) Bring your own apron and N95 masks FEES: Rs 1,90,000 one-time full payment (Rs 15,000 discount). By instalments Rs 2,05,000 total - Module 1 Rs 1,00,000, then Rs 35,000 per module. Two registering together: Rs 5,000 off each. Three or more together: Rs 10,000 off each.

Eligibility

General dentists (BDS) and specialists. No prior orthodontic experience required.