For your results to truly hold after active treatment, orthodontic retention decides your long-term success. This is exactly where the course by Dr. Dr. Martin Baxmann comes in. You learn how to secure every result stably instead of chasing the relapse afterwards.
The course is aimed at orthodontists, residents in training and dentists who do not want to leave retention to chance. Instead of gut feeling, you get clear protocols for indication, selection and placement.
At its heart is Baxmann's Lean Orthodontics® method. It reduces the topic to the essentials and makes every step immediately applicable. That turns an often neglected phase into a plannable part of your treatment.
You practise on real cases rather than on dry theory. Every recommendation is one you can apply directly on the next treatment day.
What Baxmann Teaches You About Orthodontic Retention
When it comes to orthodontic retention, Baxmann teaches you the entire path from indication through to aftercare. You find out when a fixed retainer makes sense and when a removable appliance offers the better solution.
One focus is on clean placement. In hands-on exercises you bond a lingual wire free of tension and fit Essix and Hawley appliances correctly. Anyone who masters this avoids loose retainers and unnecessary follow-up appointments. For stability after aligner treatments, our aligner training is also well worth it.
Aftercare gets its firm place too. You set control intervals, recognise early warning signs and react before teeth shift again. This keeps the retention phase controllable over years instead of becoming a permanent building site.
Fixed or Removable Retainer Compared
Whether fixed retainer or removable appliance, both have clear strengths and limits. In the course you learn to base the decision on the case, the findings and patient cooperation rather than on habit.
The following overview summarises when each retainer type is convincing:
| Retention | permanent, no cooperation needed | depends on wear time |
| Typical example | bonded lingual wire | Essix or Hawley appliance |
| Advantage | invisible, nothing to forget | easy to clean, flexible |
| Watch out for | plaque and wire fracture | wear compliance required |
The table shows that there is rarely a blanket right answer. Often the combination of both is the most stable solution. Which retention appliances fit your concept, you work out on your own cases.
Learning with Martin Baxmann and His Experienced Team
Behind this course on orthodontic retention stands Dr. Dr. Martin Baxmann, an orthodontist who has been treating and teaching for over 20 years. At his side works a team from practice and academia that backs every recommendation with current evidence. You learn retention not from the textbook, but from lived practice.
More than 1,864 practitioners from around the world have already learned with Baxmann. This experience flows into every module, from case selection to dealing with complications.
The course stays honest about it. Retention is a long haul and no sure-fire success, because without clean protocols and cooperating patients no result holds permanently. These are exactly the protocols you take away from the course.
Start Your Retention Training with Baxmann in a Free Consultation
Do you finally want to approach retention systematically? Then start with a free initial consultation, in which we clarify where you stand and which format suits your everyday routine. Whether a compact Powerweek® or a flexible online course, you set the pace and depth yourself.
Ready to secure your results for the long term? Then let us book an appointment and plan your start. With Baxmann at your side, retention becomes a plannable step and not a game of chance.
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