RPE, IPE, Expansion Airway and Phase 1 Interceptive Online Course- 13 CEU- $549 

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This course is run independently by CE zoom and doesn’t come with any case support- use this Straight Smiles Instructional Guide as a resource

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Overview:

Phase 1, known as interceptive orthodontic treatment, is a problem-focused treatment where the child’s bite, teeth, airway, and oral habits are addressed. This prepares children for a simpler and limited orthodontic treatment during their adolescence, Phase 2 orthodontic treatment. This Phase 1 treatment generally lasts for 6-18 months and occurs in children aged 6-10 years old. The implementation of Phase 1 treatment helps to prevent and reduce the likelihood of more serious and extensive orthodontic issues in teens and adults, such as impactions of canines, jaw surgeries, and the need for future premolar extractions.

Phase 1 treatment involves the use of functional appliances, braces, or clear aligners to fix many orthodontic malocclusions, including overjet, overbite, crossbites, negative overjet, the management and prevention of impacted canines, oral habits, deep bites and open bites, as well as issues with airway and sleep disordered breathing.

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Objectives:

This 13-hour digital, on-demand course is a curated and historical series of content from the StraightSmile Solutions® team. It will teach dentists about Phase 1 treatment etiology, diagnosis, and treatment planning by using all forms of removable and fixed oral appliances. These include braces, clear aligners, expanders, twin blocks, bionators, reverse pull headgear, habit appliances, and bite plates. After this course, a dentist should feel comfortable with providing orthodontic screening and treatment planning for young patients under the age of 10. This course empowers the dentist to add these procedures to their array of services for additional in-house revenue, or to support local orthodontists via referrals.

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This course is run independently by CE zoom and doesn’t come with any case support – it is just the course with CE. There is a 65 unit quiz in order to pass the course and receive your CE. Please contact CE Zoom with any questions or concerns.

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1. Phase 1 Orthodontics Explained

2. Case Selection

3.Diagnosis

4. Phase 1 Appliances for Transverse (Narrow Arches and Constricted Maxillas)

5. Phase 1 Appliances for AP and Sagittal Correction (Class 2 and Class 3 bites)

6. Phase 1 Appliances for Vertical Correction (Open bites and Deep bites and Overbites)

7. Phase 1 Braces

8. Phase 1 Aligners

9. Preventing Impacted Canines

10. Habits

Phase 1 Orthodontics involves two-phases of orthodontic treatment and it is specialized orthodontic treatment for children ages 6-10. It combines teeth straightening and creating a functional bite. This treatment creates a proper foundation for ideal jaw development and eruption of permanent teeth. Early or late loss of baby teeth, poor diet, crowded or misplaced teeth, overbites, underbites, overjets anterior and posterior crossbites and habits crossbites  can all be corrected with Phase 1 Orthodontic treatment.

Regarding Pediatric Airway- here’s our position-

Orthodontics is Airway, and Airway is Orthodontics. They are inherently inseparable, and airway health drives our interceptive orthodontic protocols.
However, we approach this strictly from a safe, evidence-based orthodontic perspective. Many popular commercial courses advocate for aggressive “airway interventions” before a child’s first permanent molars erupt. Treating patients in that specific development window without a grounded orthodontic framework is considered below the standard of care and introduces unnecessary legal liability. We prioritize structural safety alongside airway development to protect both the patient and the practice. 

Why Straight Smile Solutions Choose Not to Offer a Standalone “Airway Course”
At Straight Smile Solutions, clinical compliance and evidence-based practice are at the core of everything we teach. We frequently receive inquiries regarding a standalone orthodontic airway curriculum. We have intentionally chosen not to offer one.
Current American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) guidelines and white papers are clear: orthodontic intervention—including maxillary expansion and Phase 1 therapy—is not clinically proven to prevent, treat, or cure sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) or obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Marketing or treating cases under the guise of an “airway cure” introduces severe diagnostic, clinical, and legal liability to your dental practice. The established role of the dentist is strictly bounded to screening, documenting, and referring to medical specialists.
The Compliant Alternative: Our Phase 1 Interceptive Course
We believe that pediatric airway screening and skeletal development cannot—and should not—be separated. Therefore, instead of a high-risk sleep medicine course, these essential protocols are fully baked into our Phase 1 Interceptive Orthodontic Course.
Our curriculum focuses on safe, legally compliant, and biomechanically sound workflows:
  • Skeletal & Arch Development: Maximizing transverse arch width, optimizing skeletal growth windows, and establishing ideal arch form mechanics.
  • Risk & Liability Mitigation: Training your team on how to properly screen, document, and monitor pediatric growth without making unsupportable medical claims.
  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Mastering the exact boundaries of when to manage a case dentofacially and when to execute a formal medical referral to an ENT or sleep specialist.

You do not need to navigate the clinical minefield of a separate sleep course to responsibly care for your growing patients. You simply need to master robust, evidence-based Phase 1 interceptive mechanics.