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MARPE
Skeletal expansion fundamentals, airway-driven diagnosis, appliance design, maximizing skeletal anchorage, Esthetic Diastema Control (EDC), complication prevention and management, and interdisciplinary sequencing.
Most MARPE and SFOT courses teach the procedures in isolation.
This course teaches the fundamentals — then shows how to integrate them into comprehensive interdisciplinary care.
An airway-focused and esthetic team workshop combining MARPE, SFOT, clear aligners, and restorative treatment planning into one coordinated roadmap.
For orthodontists, pediatric dentists, periodontists, oral surgeons, and restorative dentists who want to plan complex cases together — not hand them off one step at a time.
July 16 to 19, 2026
Fayetteville, AR
25 CE Hours
In-Person or Virtual
Also available: Nov 5–8, 2026 & Apr 8–11, 2027 →
Reserve Your Seat➜In-person seats are limited to keep the surgeries and case discussion interactive.
Four Pillars
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SFOT
When, where, and why corticotomies, grafting, phenotype modification, custom skeletal anchorage plates, and adjunctive surgery are used to support planned orthodontic movement and expand the alveoloskeletal envelope.
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Clear Aligners
Mechanics, staging, Root Protocol, space appropriation, and EDC protocols for managing skeletal expansion and complex interdisciplinary treatment with clear aligners.
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Restorative
Restorative-driven treatment planning, esthetic design, minimally invasive finishing, space appropriation, and long-term stability.
Dr. Richard Roblee
Orthodontist
Dr. Michael Curry
Periodontist
Dr. James Roblee
Orthodontist
Dr. Thomas Roblee
Orthodontist
Dr. Brad Jones, DDS
Restorative Dentistry
Dr. Kenton Ross, DMD
Restorative Dentistry
Dr. Michael Carter, DDS
Restorative Dentistry
Dr. Jerome Rose, PhD
Dental Anthropology
What's missing from most interdisciplinary cases
What the interdisciplinary approach produces
EXAMPLE CASE: MAPRE With Clear Aligners and Esthetic Diastema Control (EDC)
Initial
MSE/Ortho 3 Mo. Progress
Final 9 Months
EXAMPLE CASE: MAPRE With Clear Aligners and Esthetic Diastema Control (EDC)
MARPE with Clear Aligners and esthetic diastema control. Initial. Three months. Final at nine months. Planned together from day one.
The Appliance Behind The Result
Custom appliances. Custom plates. Planned for the case — not pulled from a shelf. Learn how 3D-printed appliances and custom skeletal anchorage plates can be designed, sequenced, and integrated into complex MARPE, SFOT, and interdisciplinary treatment plans.
Before & After Case Gallery
Interdisciplinary Dentofacial Therapy
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What's missing from most interdisciplinary cases
The MARPE worked. The SFOT was performed.
The aligners moved the teeth.
But the case still didn't come together.
Most complex cases do not fall short because one procedure failed. They fall short because the team was not planning and executing from one shared roadmap.
The orthodontist needs to understand the surgical and restorative endpoint. The surgeon needs to understand the planned tooth movement. The restorative dentist needs to know how to identify the problem, when to refer, and how the final design should guide every decision upstream.
That is the gap this course was built to close: giving the entire interdisciplinary team the common knowledge to diagnose, sequence, and finish complex cases together.
The advantage of having the whole team in the room
For the orthodontist
Learn how MARPE, SFOT, aligner mechanics, skeletal anchorage, and restorative space appropriation fit into one coordinated treatment plan — so you can communicate clearly with the surgeon and restorative dentist before treatment begins. Use clear aligners to improve esthetics during treatment, increase orthodontic efficiency, and turn complex interdisciplinary care into something patients are more likely to accept.
For the periodontist and oral and maxillofacial surgeon
Understand the orthodontic movement map behind the surgery — including where corticotomies, hard- and soft tissue grafting, custom skeletal anchorage, implant positioning, Esthetic crown lengthening, and tori removal may be needed to support the planned tooth movement and maximize the final result.
For the restorative dentist or prosthodontist
Learn how to identify and quarterback interdisciplinary cases, drive case acceptance, know when to refer, sequence treatment, and use minimally invasive restorative design to finish what expansion, SFOT, and aligners make possible.
For the team
Create a shared language across disciplines so complex adult and adolescent cases can be diagnosed, sequenced, treated, and finished as one coordinated plan.
What changes when you bring the team
What you and your team leave with
A shared diagnostic framework
Everyone learns how to recognize when airway, skeletal development, periodontal phenotype, tooth position, esthetics, and restorative design are connected.
A common treatment sequence
Your team leaves understanding what needs to happen first, what can happen simultaneously, and what must be protected to achieve the final result.
A shared clinical language
The orthodontist, surgeon, and restorative dentist learn enough of each other's clinical perspectives and priorities to plan the same case from the beginning.
A roadmap for complex cases
Not just MARPE. Not just SFOT. Not just aligners. Not just restorative. A repeatable way to combine them into one airway-focused, esthetic interdisciplinary treatment plan.
You leave on fire.
Then you go back alone.
A complex adult case needs the MARPE, then the SFOT, and Restorative at the end, and it all has to be planned together from the start. Most of us learned each of those at a different course, on a different patient. So you can do every piece well and still not have the one roadmap that ties them into a single sequence.
Not every case needs every tool. Most complex adult cases require some combination of MARPE, SFOT, or Restorative. What changes the result is starting with the end in mind.
The doctors who go home and actually implement it are the ones who came with their team. The technique is teachable anywhere. Doing it together, across the disciplines, on the same patient, is the part no weekend course prepares you for.
That's why this course was built around teams from the start, not as an afterthought.
What we cover in 25 CE hours
MARPE, SFOT, aligners, and restorative — taught as one interdisciplinary roadmap.
You will learn the fundamentals of each discipline, then see how they connect in real complex cases.
MARPE fundamentals and expansion decisions
Diagnosis, airway considerations, skeletal expansion options, appliance design, activation protocols, prevention and management of complications, and clinical sequencing.
SFOT fundamentals and surgical sequencing
Indications, contraindications, corticotomy design, grafting strategy, alveoloskeletal modification, phenotype enhancement, custom anchorage plate design, and adjunctive surgical procedures.
Clear aligners in complex cases
Staging, mechanics, Root Protocol, Esthetic Diastema Control (EDC), expansion coordination, and aligner design around appliances and surgical objectives.
Restorative-driven treatment planning
Esthetic and airway diagnosis, space appropriation, minimally invasive restorative design, and planning the case with the end in mind.
Interdisciplinary diagnosis and case sequencing
How the orthodontist, surgeon, and restorative dentist plan from one shared roadmap to optimize esthetic, airway, periodontal, and functional outcomes.
Live surgery and real case application
Watch experienced providers perform live MARPE and SFOT procedures, then diagnose, treatment plan, and sequence complex cases as a group.
The room you learn in
Seats 40 and features a 12 foot wide high definition screen
You learn in the space where the team actually treats, with live surgical suites a few steps from where you are sitting. You do not hear four lecturers on four different patients. You hear one interdisciplinary team think across the disciplines on the same case, the way they do in practice.
Dr. Richard Roblee · Orthodontist, Course Director
Dr. Michael Curry · Periodontist
Dr. James Roblee · Orthodontist
Dr. Thomas Roblee · Orthodontist
Restorative team · Multiple members in the room
From clinicians who have been there
What other clinicians are saying
Featured Video Testimonial
"You won't regret attending."
Dr. Jeremy Manuele shares why the workshop stood out among the MARPE courses he has attended, especially the team-based planning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and depth of case discussion.
Dr. Jeremy Manuele
Vegas Ortho Doc · Founder, MARPE 360 · Co-Founder, MARPE Masters Symposium
"I've taken probably half a dozen different in-person MARPE courses over the years, and I can honestly say this one was exceptional. The Interdisciplinary Team Workshop incorporating MARPE, SFOT, and Restorative Care was outstanding."
Dr. Jeremy Manuele
Vegas Ortho Doc · Founder, MARPE 360
"Very impressive course! Outstanding instruction in concepts and methods for comprehensive treatment for orthodontic and sleep-disordered breathing patients."
Dr. Alan Brodine
Brodine Prosthodontics · Past President, American Academy of Restorative Dentistry
"The Roblees' generational wisdom, combined with their progressive approach to comprehensive orthodontics, is truly inspiring. The course was engaging, intriguing, and inspiring."
Dr. Amanda Vanderstelt
Aligned Orthodontics
"As someone who has been using MARPE for many years, this course gave me new techniques that streamlined my workflow and helped me offer gapless expansion to my patients."
Dr. Julie Langguth
Annapolis Orthodontics
"I've taken probably half a dozen different in-person MARPE courses over the years, and I can honestly say this one was exceptional. The Interdisciplinary Team Workshop incorporating MARPE, SFOT, and Restorative Care was outstanding."
Dr. Jeremy Manuele
Vegas Ortho Doc · Founder, MARPE 360
"Very impressive course! Outstanding instruction in concepts and methods for comprehensive treatment for orthodontic and sleep-disordered breathing patients."
Dr. Alan Brodine
Brodine Prosthodontics · Past President, American Academy of Restorative Dentistry
"The Roblees' generational wisdom, combined with their progressive approach to comprehensive orthodontics, is truly inspiring. The course was engaging, intriguing, and inspiring."
Dr. Amanda Vanderstelt
Aligned Orthodontics
"As someone who has been using MARPE for many years, this course gave me new techniques that streamlined my workflow and helped me offer gapless expansion to my patients."
Dr. Julie Langguth
Annapolis Orthodontics
Reserve Your Seat
Two ways to attend the July session
In-person seats are limited to keep the surgeries and case discussion interactive. A virtual option is available for clinicians who cannot travel in summer.
Team Pricing
Bring your interdisciplinary team and save.
Team of 2$5,700
Team of 3$5,400
Team of 4+$5,100
Team member refers to another collaborating doctor who is part of your interdisciplinary treatment team. The doctor does not have to be part of your practice to receive the discount. He or she just needs to collaborate with you.
Returning Attendee Discount
If you have attended this event previously, you qualify for a 50% discount on registration. Select the returning attendee rate when completing your registration.
Can't make July? Start planning for a later session.
In-person seats are limited to keep the experience interactive. The July session fills first.
General Terms
- Discounts apply to tuition only (travel and lodging not included).
- Team discounts require attendees to be registered for the same course session.
- "Interdisciplinary team member" refers to providers who collaborate on patient care across specialties; participants do not need to work in the same practice.
- Discounts are applied based on the final confirmed roster for that course session.
Make a destination of it
Four days in Northwest Arkansas
Fayetteville and the surrounding Ozarks make the in-person session easy to turn into a trip. Most attendees build a long weekend around it. The group dinners and the between-session time are part of why clinicians come back.
Reserve Your SeatGetting Here & Where to Stay
Travel & Lodging
Airport & Transportation
We recommend flying into Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA), located approximately 35 minutes from Fayetteville.
For the best experience, plan to arrive Wednesday evening and book return flights for Sunday at 2:00 PM or later.
Airport and hotel transportation are not provided. Convenient options include:
- Rental Cars Available at XNA — great for flexibility during your stay. View XNA rental car options →
- Uber / Rideshare Uber is generally reliable in the Fayetteville area.
- Pinnacle Car Service Pre-arranged transportation between the airport and your hotel. Advance booking required. Book Pinnacle Car Service →
Recommended Lodging
All options are within 7–10 minutes of The Center for IDT.
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The Stonebreaker
A refined boutique hotel perched on Markham Hill with thoughtfully designed rooms inspired by the Ozarks. Features an on-site restaurant, bar, fitness center, and pool — tucked away in nature while steps from the University of Arkansas campus.
Visit website → -
The Inn at Carnall Hall
A historic inn on the University of Arkansas campus, originally built in 1905 and beautifully restored. Classic Southern charm with easy walking access to campus, Dickson Street, and downtown Fayetteville.
Visit website → -
Graduate by Hilton Fayetteville
A quirky, collegiate-inspired hotel just off the Downtown Square. Razorback-inspired interiors, on-site dining, and walking-distance access to restaurants, shops, and nightlife.
Visit website →
Day by day
The four-day schedule
Breakfast and lunch are provided each day. The evenings are built for the conversations that make interdisciplinary work click.
Day One · Thursday, July 16
Introduction & MARPE
Morning
- Course overview
- Introduction to the Interdisciplinary Dentofacial Team (IDT) philosophy
- Airway overview
- Anthropology
Afternoon
- Introduction to Micro-implant Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion (MARPE)
- MARPE protocols with live surgery
Welcome dinner that evening
Day Two · Friday, July 17
SFOT
Morning
- Introduction to Surgically Facilitated Orthodontic Therapy (SFOT)
- SFOT live surgery with Dr. Michael Curry, 10:00 AM
Afternoon
- SFOT fundamentals
- Surgical technique and armamentarium
- SFOT indications and contraindications
- Adjunct procedures with SFOT
- Custom plates, tori removal, esthetic crown lengthening, frenectomy, and more
Happy hour at the Center after the afternoon session
Day Three · Saturday, July 18
Clear Aligners, Restorative & IDT Protocols
Morning · Clear Aligner Interactive Workshop
- Clear aligner overview
- Clear aligner techniques in interdisciplinary therapy
- Maxillary Skeletal Expansion and Esthetic Diastema Control (EDC) with aligners
- Absolute anchorage en masse mechanics with MARPE and custom plates
- Restorative space appropriation with SFOT and MARPE
Afternoon
- Addressing the right fundamental components
- Restorative-driven treatment planning
Day Four · Sunday, July 19
Treatment Planning & Case Review
Morning
- Interactive group treatment planning and problem solving
- Case review
Return flights should be booked no earlier than 2:00 PM
Before you register
Frequently asked questions
Orthodontists, periodontists, OMS, and restorative dentists who treat complex adult cases. You can attend solo, but the clinicians who bring their interdisciplinary team are the ones who go home and implement. Team pricing makes it worth bringing them.
No. The course is designed to give the team a shared roadmap for diagnosis, sequencing, communication, and finishing complex interdisciplinary cases.
In-person attendance gives you the full interactive experience, including live discussion and limited-seat access. Virtual attendance is available for clinicians who cannot travel.
The July 16–19, 2026 session is listed as 25 CE hours. Confirm final CE details with the course provider during registration.
In-person seats are intentionally limited to keep the surgeries, case discussion, and team interaction meaningful.
The course is held in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Travel and lodging are not included in tuition unless otherwise stated by the course team.
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