Teesside | Saturday, Oct 19, 2024 09:30 AM (7 hours)

Mastering Aligner Therapy with SureSmile®

In-Person

Dental Assistant

Dentist

Orthodontics

Aligner Case Selection

Aligner Diagnosis,Treatment Planning

Aligner Treatment Management

Clear Aligners

Description
Resources

This course covers more advanced aspects of orthodontic diagnostics, assessment and treatment planning in respect to clear aligner techniques.

The cases demonstrated will highlight the possibilities of orthodontic aligners and will run through the stages from case evaluation to fitting and then retention. This is so attendees will be able to handle moderate to more complex clear aligner cases immediately with the additional use of orthodontic auxiliaries and varied orthodontic mechanics.

The main patient benefit of aligner therapy is the discrete nature and minimal impact on daily life and this course is designed to open up more opportunities to address various presenting malocclusion with comprehensive aligner therapy.

Aligners can also offer various additional opportunities to be creative with orthodontic treatment utilising auxiliary appliances and attachments to the teeth by modifying the trim height of the aligner to allow varying vectors of force application for controlled tooth movements. Aligners are also a very accurate way of fine tuning the finishing of an orthodontic treatment if used as part of a ‘hybrid treatment’ and can be used for high level occlusal control.

An overview of aims and objectives and learning outcomes

Learning content

Enhance confidence in tackling more complex elements of malocclusion using SureSmile Clear Aligners.
Use additional opportunities to be creative with orthodontic treatment utilising auxiliary appliances and attachments to the teeth.
Understand how modifying the trim height of the aligners allows varying vectors of force application for controlled tooth movements.
Using case examples and discussions to illustrate how SureSmile can give high levels of control and customisation for the clinician and ultimately provide better patient results.

Aims and objectives

To be able to understand at an advanced level orthodontic diagnostics and treatment planning.
To provide a sound understanding of digital orthodontic planning and staging of tooth movements to allow delegates to be able to utilise varying orthodontic aligner platforms of their choice.
To provide a safe understanding of the limitations of orthodontic aligner therapy and when alternative appliances or auxiliary mechanics would be more effective.
To give a detailed account of the synergistic and antagonistic tooth movements and how this can be utilised to make aligner orthodontics more predictable.
To improve delegates confidence in aligner case finishing techniques and troubleshooting tricky occlusal adjustments.
To determine safe interproximal reduction (IPR) protocols and how staging of IPR can help improve predictability of case outcome.
Hands on element involving full case records for aligner treatment planning and use of reciprocating handpiece and interproximal files for an alternative method of providing interproximal reduction.

This live course, webinar or on-demand course content is intended for dental professionals or students with a basic understanding of dental terminology, practice, and proficiency.

Speaker Disclosure

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Cancellation Policy

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Enquiries Related to This Course

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