ONLINE PREPARATORY COURSE FOR THE MORTH EXAM

2020-2021

Main Lecturer: Dr Mohammed Almuzian

Guest Lecturer: Dr Haris Khan
Start date: June 2020
Number of lectures: 38 live online lectures
Date: The webinars will be three time every months - *Friday or Saturday at 7pm (London
time) *to be confirmed and subject to change
Duration: 120 minutes per lecture

Course structure
1. Lectures: Over 12 months, we aim to cover the majority of the topics listed in the Royal
College of Surgeon in Edinburgh’s blueprint for the orthodontic training in the UK.
The topics to be covered are:
Week number Topics
1. Written part of the MOrth exam: Part I
2. Written part of the MOrth exam: Part II
3. Top tips for write up clinical cases: Part I
4. Top tips for write up clinical cases: Part II
Cell biology and teeth movement in Orthodontics
Post-adolescent craniofacial growth
5. Growth predictions in Orthodontics
6. Indices in Orthodontics
Orthodontic management of medically compromised patients
7. Iatrogenic effects of orthodontic treatment
TMD and orthodontics
8. Conditioning and preparation for bracket bonding

Adhesives in Orthodontics
9. Wires in Orthodontics
Miscellaneous materials in Orthodontics
10. Adult orthodontics
11. Cleft and craniofacial syndromes
Orthognathic surgery
12. OSA and Orthodontics
Paediatric dentistry and orthodontics
13. Trauma, endodontics and orthodontics
Implantology and orthodontics
14. Examination in Orthodontics
15. Non-ionizing imaging in orthodontics
Ionizing imaging in orthodontics
16. Anchorage provision in Orthodontics
Extraction versus non extraction in Orthodontics
17. MBT Philosophy
18. Space provision in Orthodontics
19. Space and tooth size analysis in Orthodontics
20. Treatment planning in Orthodontics / Part I
21. Treatment planning in Orthodontics / Part II
22. Treatment planning in Orthodontics / Part III
23. Archwire sequence in Orthodontics
Space closure in Orthodontics
Finishing stage in Orthodontics
24. Biomechanics in Orthodontics
25. Infection and sterilisation in Orthodontics
Ethics and legality in Orthodontics
General dentistry and orthodontics
26. Research and audit relevant to Orthodontics

27. Overview of Class I malocclusion
Overview of Class II malocclusion
Overview of Class III malocclusion
Overview of Bimaxillary malocclusion
28. Deep bite malocclusion
Open bite malocclusion
29. Interceptive orthodontic
Hypodontia management
30. Impacted canines management
Infraoccluded teeth management
Primary failure of eruption management
Transposition management
31. Transverse discrepancy in Orthodontics
Asymmetry in Orthodontics
32. Functional orthodontic appliance
Removable orthodontic appliance
33. Extra-oral orthodontic appliances
Molar distalisation in Orthodontics
Auxiliary arches in Orthodontics
34. Retention orthodontic appliances
35. Self-ligation orthodontic appliances
Tip edge orthodontic appliance
Begg orthodontic appliance
36. Unseen orthodontic cases
37. Viva/ OSCE
38. Communication in the exam

2. Case-based clinical discussion: Relevant cases will be presented to help cement the
theoretical information and to instigate further discussion and questions.

3. Online exam: There will be frequent online MCQs formative exams to test the
knowledge and progress.

Objectives, aims, learning and development outcomes

Objectives: To prepare candidates for the membership exam in orthodontics.
Aims: To provide an understanding of the RCS blueprint for the orthodontic training in the UK.
Learning outcomes:
• Understand the membership in orthodontics exam, its structure, the examiners view and
the marking scheme along with some exam tips and advice
• Provide an overview of the majority of the RCS blueprint topics and revising the
importance questions in the membership exams
• Acquire the required skills to use medical records as the basis for focused discussion to
plan the case during the MOrth exam
• Revise and appraise the available evidence

Development outcomes: This presentation meets the criteria for the GDC’s development
outcomes A and C.

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