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    • Event: NEBEOP Web Academy webinar- 48
    • Topic: The Herbst appliance – a joker player in Class II treatment
    • Erasmus course: D2
    • Speaker: Professor Sabine Ruf, Professor of Orthodontics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany.
    • Dates: Tuesday October 14th, 2025; 19:30-20:15 hr CET
    • Moderator: NEBEOP-48: Dr. Waldemar Petker-Jung, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany.
    • Mode: Zoom webinar. Registration through your program director

    • Abstract
    • Everyone is aiming for success – in personal life but of course also with regard the treatments we are performing in our patients. While we have a vast number of studies in literature analyzing the dentoskeletal treatment effects achieved by different appliances, data analyzing success rates in terms of achieving Class I occlusions are scarce. Therefore, I will give a short insight into this topic. The second part of the lecture will concentrate on fixed functional appliance treatment – exploring the indications and contraindications. Furthermore, the treatment possibilities will be explored clinically.

    • Learning outcomes
    • Learning outcomes for this webinar are:

      • 1. You will have an insight into the success rate of functional appliance treatment.
      2. You can list and explain the general and specific indications for Herbst treatment.
      3. You can list and explain the contraindications for Herbst treatment.
      4. You have insight into the main clinical steps of Herbst-MB-treatment.

    • Short Speaker Bio
    • Professor Sabine Ruf is Chair and Clinical Director of Orthodontics at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany. She also serves as Head of Department and leads a research group focused on clinical orthodontic research. Her research centers on functional orthodontic appliances, with particular emphasis on their effects on masticatory muscles, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) function, and long-term treatment stability. She is author or coauthor of over 180 peer-reviewed papers, many in leading orthodontics journals. Among her honors, she has received research awards from the European Orthodontic Society (e.g. Beni Solow and Houston Awards) and the SIDO World Award from the Italian Orthodontic Society. In current work, she investigates the long-term outcomes (= 15 years) of Class II treatment modalities, including Herbst–multibracket approaches, and the precision of CAD/CAM techniques in orthodontics.

    • References
    • Bock NC, Jost J, Ruf S. Outcome quality of Class II division 1 Herbst-multibracket appliance treatment: influence of pre-treatment Class II severity and skeletal maturity. Eur J Orthod 2021; 43:424-431.

    • Casutt C, Pancherz H, Gawora M, Ruf S. Success rate and efficiency of activator treatment. Eur J Orthod 2007; 29: 614-621.

    • Pacha MM, Fleming PS, Johal A. Complications, impacts, and success rates of different approaches to treatment of Class II malocclusion in adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2020; 158: 477-497.