As the dental field continues to adopt in-office desktop style 3D printers there has become an increasing demand to produce in-office clear aligners. For many clinicians intraoral optical scanning and 3D printing has become an integrated workflow for restorative dentistry. Now with advancements in software producing in-office clear aligners is…
When working with clear aligners one of the most challenging tasks with aligner delivery can be teaching the patient how to place and remove the aligners. Patients can often become easily frustrated with placing and removing aligners as the retentive aligners can give a challenge to patients that are not…
A question that comes up on a regular basis by clinicians is… “what is the best 3D printer for in-office clear aligners?” Great question, let’s dive into it!! We live a time and era where there is a race to quantify ‘the best technology available’ in dentistry and many clinicians…
As more and more dentists and technicians embrace 3D printing in dentistry, the movement toward in-office production of clear aligners is rapidly becoming embraced in the field. Historically, software to design clear aligners in-house has been challenging to use, however, the software is rapidly evolving as to become more user…
Many doctors are excited about 3D printing and the possibility of making in-office clear aligners but do not want to go through the process of creating a treatment set-up. A smart way of getting started with doing in-office aligners is the option to outsource the case set-up and design. There…
Patients often have underlying habits that are not apparent until orthodontic treatment begins. Often these habits are not fully expressed until the tongue has room to move and new appliances to investigate. With new appliances in the mouth patients can also have a heightened awareness of the new braces or…
In my experience, many clinicians limit the use of clear aligner therapy to class I malocclusions. Nothing wrong with that, it just seems that aligner treatment has been promoted as “for only simple class I cases…” which in my opinion is just crazy! Clear aligners are also really great for…
Now we are firmly in the era of COVID-19, dental professionals are looking for solutions to allow us to monitor our patients while minimizing clinical appointments. While this is a new concept for many dentists and their offices, this is something that has been accessible in orthodontics for the past…