Successful orthodontic treatment begins with accurate diagnosis.

Intro to Orthodontic Diagnosis introduces the fundamental thinking process behind orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning.

The course explains why diagnosis plays a particularly important role in orthodontics and why identifying a patient simply as Class I, Class II, or Class III is not enough.

You will learn to look beyond the visible malocclusion and determine the true component, etiology, and severity of the problem — whether it is skeletal, dental, soft-tissue, or functional.

Through clinical examples, Dr. Omar Yousry demonstrates how two cases may appear almost identical while actually having completely different underlying causes and requiring different treatment approaches.

The course explores examples involving Class II and Class III relationships, increased and reverse overjet, open bite, deep bite, crossbite, gummy smile, dental compensation, and skeletal discrepancies.

The main principle throughout the course is simple:

Understand the origin of the problem before deciding how to treat it.

• Build a strong foundation in orthodontic diagnosis
• Understand why diagnosis in orthodontics differs from other dental disciplines
• Learn how to create a meaningful problem list and case summary
• Differentiate skeletal and dental components of malocclusion
• Understand the importance of etiology and severity
• Recognize the difference between similar-looking Class II cases
• Differentiate dental and skeletal Class III problems
• Understand dental versus skeletal open bite
• Recognize different causes of gummy smile
• Understand dental and soft-tissue compensation
• Connect diagnosis directly to treatment planning
• Learn through practical clinical case examples
• Free recorded course suitable as an introduction to orthodontic diagnosis

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Understand the role of diagnosis and treatment planning in orthodontics
• Build a systematic diagnostic mindset
• Listen to the patient's chief concern and assess the patient comprehensively
• Evaluate extra-oral and intra-oral findings
• Analyze diagnostic records
• Build a problem list or case summary
• Identify the component of an orthodontic problem
• Assess etiology and severity
• Differentiate dental, skeletal, soft-tissue, and functional problems
• Recognize dental compensation
• Understand when camouflage may have limitations
• Recognize situations that may require orthognathic treatment
• Use diagnosis to make a more appropriate treatment decision

This course consists of 7 recorded online lectures introducing the fundamental principles of orthodontic diagnosis.

The course combines short theoretical explanations with practical clinical examples covering:

1. The role of diagnosis in orthodontics
2. How orthodontic diagnosis differs from other dental specialties
3. The first essential principle of diagnosis
4. Class II clinical examples
5. Class III clinical examples
6. Open bite, deep bite, crossbite, and gummy smile examples
7. A final diagnostic summary

Learn at your own pace and use the course as a foundation before moving into more comprehensive orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning.