Bill HangDental Practitioner, Lecturer at OrthO2Health

Victor Avis: What Is The Format Of The Study Club?

5 Nov 2021 · 1 min

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In this brief presentation Victor Avis explains the structure and purpose of a monthly virtual study club for dental and orthodontic professionals. The club meets once a month online and follows a highly structured format centered on case presentations. Unlike traditional case reviews that focus only on teeth, these presentations examine the entire facial profile and include a detailed medical history related to airway concerns. Participants discuss diagnosis, optimal treatment plans, and later return with mid‑treatment updates to receive peer guidance on any challenges or improvements. Occasionally, the club invites external experts—such as Pat McBride—to give specialized lectures. Avis emphasizes that the club provides invaluable, hands‑on learning and strongly recommends joining.

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The format of the study club is a once-a-month virtual meeting, and it's mostly structured— those meetings around case presentations. So everybody is pretty much presenting cases with a similar format, meaning that we're not looking at teeth only, we're looking very much at faces, and we're, we're looking at, you know, medical history with respect to airway-related problems. So we go into the detail of The diagnosis, what would be the best treatment, and then people are coming back mid-treatment and saying, okay, here's where I am, what have I done wrong, or what could I improve, or what would you do from here? So there's guidance through the cases, which again is invaluable. And it's not uncommon also to bring in somebody who might add, whether it be recently Pat McBride lectured. So tremendous, tremendous study club and learning opportunity. Highly recommend it.