DR. DAVIDE MIRABELLA PROGRAM |27 AUGUST 2026- 29 AUGUST 2027 | CATANIA | WARSAW | PRAGUE | BUCHAREST| VERONA

DR. DAVIDE MIRABELLA
• Dental Degree (DDS) 1989 University of Catania Certificate in Orthodontics 1993
University of Washington (Seattle,Wa).
• Master of Science in Dentistry 1993 University of Washington (Seattle,Wa).
• From 1994 practice limited to orthodontics in Catania.
• Adjunct Professor 2003 Dept of Orthodontics University of Ferrara.
• President 2015 Italian Academy of Orthodontics.
• Speaker at national and international orthodontic meetings.
• Author of publications in national and international orthodontic journals.
• 1-year Postdoctoral Program in Lingual Orthodontics 1995 University of Cagliari.
• Specialist in Orthodontics (Italian Degree) 2000 University of Cagliari.
• Active Member of SIDO, International Member of AAO and Founder Member of
SIAD (Italian Straight Wire Society) and Accademia Italiana di Ortodonzia.
• Former Active Member Angle Society of Europe.
• Practice limited to orthodontics.

Davide Mirabella
1° Meeting
Catania, August 27-29, 2026
Straight Wire Technique
• Historical review
• Andrews Six Keys to Normal Occlusion
• Pre-adjusted appliances: Tip, Torque, In-Out
From SWA to MS®
• Bracket Prescription: The advantages of MBT®/MS®
• Proposed changes
• Versatility of MS® prescription
Bracket Placement
• MS® Positioning Chart
• Individualized Positioning Chart
• Clinical tips
• Bonding and banding procedures
• Bonding and banding adhesives
Treatment Mechanics
• Light forces and Anchorage Control
• Lacebacks, Bendbacks, Tiebacks
• Advantages and clinical applications
MS®: the four stages of orthodontic treatment
• Aligning: Check-List
• Leveling: Check-List
• Working: Check-List
• Finishing: Check-List
Arch Wires
• What alloys should we use?
• Arch Form and Coordination
• Suggested arch wire sequence
• VLP-Form: a newly proposed arch form based on research evidences
Hands-on
• Bracket placement
• Lacebacks, Bendbacks, Tiebacks
• Archwire Management

Davide Mirabella
2° Meeting
Warsaw, October 15-17, 2026
• Anamnesis
• Diagnostic records
• X-Rays
• Photos
Aesthetic Analysis
• Arnett and Sarver principles
• Frontal-view Analysis
• Profile Analysis
Model Analysis
• Tooth size discrepancy (Bolton Index)
• Dento-alveolar discrepancy (space analysis)
• Dento-alveolar disarmonies
Cephalometric Analysis
• McLaughlin Cephalometric Analysis
• NHP and Cephalometrics
• Soft-Tissue Cephalometric Analysis
Guided Treatment Planning (GTP)
• Treatment Objectives
• Problem List with Treatment Alternatives
• Dental VTO
Hands-on
• Model Analysis
• Cephalometric Analysis
• VTO

Dr Davide Mirabella Dr. Mario Palone
3° Meeting
Prague, December 10-12, 2026
Treatment of Angle Class I
• Extraction or dental expansion: an overview
• Space closure using Sliding Mechanics
• Mixed dentition cases: how to manage severely crowded patients
• Presentation of Clinical Cases
Transverse Discrepancies
• Dental and skeletal components of transverse malocclusions
• Dental and skeletal midlines: diagnostic role
• The importance of the Curve of Wilson
• Maxillary Expansion: dental, skeletal, miniscrew-assisted and surgical
• Timing of maxillary expansion
• Dental and Skeletal Effects
• Presentation of Clinical Cases
Treatment of Impacted Canines
• Diagnosis with OPT and CBCT
• Preventive management of canine impaction (Palone, espansione ed estrazione deciduo)
• Management of palatally and buccally impacted canines (ho solo casi palatali)
Hands-on
• First order bends
• Second order bends

Dr. Mario Palone
4° Meeting
Bucharest , March 4-6, 2027
Treatment of Angle Class II
• Craniofacial Growth: an overview
• Early treatment: why and when?
• Orthopaedic treatment and functional therapy
• Molar distalization, mechanics and distalizing appliances
• Dento-alveolar treatments with the use of Class II elastics
• Extractive approach to Angle Class II
• Presentation of Clinical Cases
Skeletal Anchorage
• History of Skeletal Anchorage
• Its rational use in modern Orthodontics
• Structural features of miniscrews
• Insertion sites: palatal, interradicular and extra-radicular
• Clinical protocols of insertion and removal
• Interradicular free-hand TADs application
• Clinical cases and related biomechanics
• Indirect palatal TADs application
• Clinical cases and related biomechanics
Hands-on Practice
• How to adjust a Klohen Bow
• Third order bends

Davide Mirabella
5° Meeting
Verona, August 27-29, 2027
Treatment of Vertical Discrepancies (Open-bite)
• Skeletal and dental open-bite: differential diagnosis
• Vertical growth control
• Tongue crib: when to use it
• RPE with Bite-Block
• Surgical options
• Presentation of Clinical Cases
Treatment of Vertical Discrepancies (Deep-bite)
• Skeletal and dental deep-bite
• Bite openings curves
• Bite planes and bite ramps
• Vertical growth modifications
• Presentation of Clinical Cases
Treatment of Angle Class III
• Craniofacial growth: an overview
• Early treatment: advantages and disadvantages
• Orthopaedic treatment: Protraction Mask
• Dento-alveolar treatment
• Extraction patterns: biomechanical strategies and aesthetics
• Surgical options
• Presentation of Clinical Cases
Concepts of Smile Aesthetics
• Dental Proportions
• Gingival Architecture
• Smile’s aesthetic features
Dental Anomalies: number and shape
• Open or close the space?
• Timing of implant placement
• The optimal biomechanics to open the space
• Veneering a tooth: what an orthodontist should know?
The Ortho-Perio-Restorative Patient
• The Biologic width
• Uneven gingival margin and crown length: Differential diagnosis
• Uneven gingival margin and crown length: Orthodontic treatment
• Uneven gingival margin and crown length: Interdisciplinary treatment
• Orthodontic treatment in the multiple missing posterior teeth patient

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