Aligner Techniques in Orthodontics

ISBN-13: 9781119607229 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 592 str.

Javier Lozano Zafra; Susana Palma Moya

Spis treści

0. History, current situation and future of aligners.1. Basic principles with aligners2. Why Invisalign?3. Patient communication skills4. Keys for Practice Growth5. Patient selection6. Movement predictability with aligners7. Types of treatments with Invisalign8. Pillars of Invisalign technique9. Attachments and SmartForce features10. Clinical preferences11. Attachments bonding & IPR12. Digital workflow- Records- Creating new patient13. ClinCheck software- The perfect ClinCheck review in 10 steps- Dynamic evaluation of the ClinCheck- Staging Tab- Simultaneous, sequential and reciprocal movements- Communication with the technician14. Treatment monitoring and appointments protocol15. Troubleshooting and retentionAuxiliary techniquesFinishing techniquesRetention16. Arch length discrepancies:- 16. 1 Spacing- 16.2 Crowding cases17. Growing patients- 17.1 First treatment- 17.2 Teen treatment18. Transverse discrepancies- 18.1 Symmetric expansion- 18.2 Asymmetric expansion19. Sagittal discrepancies:- Class II: Treated with MA mandibular advancementTreated with expansion and class II elasticsTreated with sequential distalizationTreated with simultaneous distalizationTreated with top-jet- Class III- Maxillomandibular protrusion20. Vertical discrepancies- Open bite- Deep bite21. Asymmetries- Growing patients with asymmetry- Adults with asymmetry22. Extraction cases- Extraction of a lower incisor- Extraction of first premolar- Extraction of second premolar23. Multidisciplinary cases: implants24. Pre-restorative orthodontics

O autorze

Susana Palma Moya is a Lecturer in Orthodontics at the University of Salamanca, Madrid, Spain; Clinical Speaker of Align Technology; Co-Director at Invisalign Master; and a member of the Spanish Society of Aligners and Spanish Society of Orthodontics.Javier Lozano Zafra is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Seville, Spain; Clinical Speaker of Align Technology; Co-Director at Invisalign Master; and a member of the Spanish Society of Aligners and Spanish Society of Orthodontics.