Under the patronage of the Dean of the College of Dentistry, Professor Dr. Raghad Abdul-Razzaq Mohammed
The College of Dentistry at the University of Baghdad organized a continuing education course entitled “Tooth Crowding Analysis,” attended by a number of the college’s students.
The course aimed to enable participants to identify crowding and spacing, and to make treatment decisions based on scientific data and criteria. It also covered assessing the potential need for tooth extraction or jaw expansion in accordance with the requirements of each case’s treatment plan.
The course included several key topics:
• The importance of spacing analysis as a fundamental pillar in orthodontic treatment planning.
• Clarifying the relationship between tooth dimensions and the available space within the dental arch.
• Methods for determining the amount of available space and the space required for optimal tooth alignment.
• Discussing the scientific criteria that orthodontists rely on when making treatment decisions such as expansion, extraction, or realignment. • The course presented applied clinical cases illustrating the differences in crowding and space analysis methods.
The course recommended the following:
1. Strengthening the adoption of space analysis as a fundamental step before developing orthodontic treatment plans.
2. The necessity of using modern diagnostic tools to ensure greater accuracy in assessing crowding or space cases.
3. The importance of studying each orthodontic case individually to ensure the selection of the optimal treatment procedure, whether extraction or arch widening.
4. Continuous training for clinicians on modern analysis techniques and their clinical application.
