Our Speakers

A small list of the keynote speakers of BSSO2025.

Simon Littlewood
Orthodontist, Bradford, UK
Yijin Ren
Orthodontist, Groningen, The Netherlands
Lydia Lim
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Sydney, Australia
Benedict Wilmes
Orthodontist, Dusseldorf, Germany
Gabriele Millesi
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Vienna, Austria
Federico Hernández-Alfaro
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Barcelona, Spain

Preliminary Program

The program will focus on hot topics within surgical orthodontics and orthognathic surgery.

WEDNESDAY 2 JULY 2025

12:30pm
Innovation & Technology Hall A Beginner

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09:15
Intake
10:00
Karin Becktor The relationship between Transient Apical Breakdown and orthodontics
  • Dr Karin Becktor
    Dr Karin Becktor
    Private practise limited to orthodontics and oral surgery, Copenhagen, Denmark

The aim of the presentation is to clarify if there is relationship between Transient Apical Breakdown (TAB) and orthodontic treatment.

Force application to a tooth during orthodontic treatment evokes a biological response to the periodontal ligament (PDL) and the dental pulp. Numerous studies have described the reaction of the PDL, fewer have dealt with pulpal changes.

The pulpal response to orthodontic forces involves cell damage, inflammation and wound healing which are process that could adversely affect the dental pulp. A consequence of the injury to the pulp tissue could be: Transient Apical Breakdown (TAB). The breakdown process is related to the type of injury and the stage of root development. It is usually caused by moderate injuries to the pulp such as subluxation, extrusions and lateral luxations or as a result of orthodontic treatment and occlusal trauma. The crown may display some discoloration and radiographical a periapical radiolucency associated with the affected tooth. The discoloration and apical lesion frequently later resolve itself without complications. Therefore, no endodontic treatment is needed.

The exact mechanism of TAB is not fully understood. Clinically however misdiagnosis may result in unnecessary endodontic treatment.

Cases with TAB in relation to orthodontic treatment will be presented and methods for diagnosis and treatment will be discussed.

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10:30
Stella Chaushu Impacted teeth: factors affecting prognosis, duration and outcome
  • Prof Stella Chaushu, DMD PhD
    Prof Stella Chaushu, DMD PhD
    Orthodontist, Jerusalem, Israel
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11:00
Coffee break
11:30
Marjolijn Gilijamse The dogtooth astray, the unfavorable impacted lower canine
  • Marjolijn Gilijamse
    Marjolijn Gilijamse
    Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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12:00
Simon Littlewood Does remote artificial intelligence have a place in the orthognathic patient journey
  • Simon Littlewood
    Simon Littlewood
    Orthodontist, Bradford, UK

• manage expectations

• identify aetiology

• choose appropriate treatment

• choose retainers carefully

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12:30
Lunch break

This is edition number 10!

BSSO celebrates its 10th edition. The first (SSO) was in 2005 in the dunes north of Haarlem and ever since we have been hosted by the magnificent Philharmonie, renamed in PHIL in the centre of Haarlem.

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