Since 2010, the Clear Aligner (CA) industry has grown dramatically, helping many patients who want better smiles get the smiles they want without the use of fixed braces. With its rapid growth, however, we as dentists have faced several challenges as the biomechanics and management of an Aligner patient is somewhat different from Fixed braces. Lacking a sound foundation in clear aligners, aligner treatment occasionally became less efficient and therefore could not meet the standard of care expected of traditional Fixed braces. To add to the complexity of managing these patients, were 2 major challenges – one of which was the ability to interpret the Digital Treatment Plan as to how realistic the plan would be. The other was the challenge of any removable appliance – motivation for co-operation. Foreseeing that CA may be something some dentists would eventually incorporate in their daily orthodontic practice, we wanted to improve what dentists could do and cement a protocol for managing the Clear Aligner patient, predictably.

This Mini-residency Clear Aligner (CA) program endeavours to help dentists achieve the same predictability and high-quality results of traditional orthodontics. The clear aligners modules have been specially curated also to handle the myriad of different aligner systems in the market as most clear aligners have certain commonalities in their workflow. Doctors will be armed with the ability to discern and select which cases are those that can achieve results predictably and which cases would be those that would pose a challenge and may need auxiliaries like Sectional fixed braces and Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs). Doctors would also be taught what are some tell-tale diagnostic criteria which may impact decisions in treatment planning, what are some movements to avoid so as we achieve clinical predictability while respecting biological limitations and finishing techniques. Doctors would be exposed how to handle patients who are failures to clear aligners and would like to offer Sectional Lingual braces to align 6 anterior teeth.

We have trained thousands of dentists to provide quality orthodontic care in Fixed Orthodontics since 2000 regionally. Invisalign Certified since 2005 and having experience of using many other aligner systems, we are now introducing our Modular Clear Aligner course to provide a researched curriculum, so that GPs and orthodontists can effectively grow their orthodontic practices within their dental practice. Building a foundation in clear aligners would allow the doctors to choose a clear aligners system that would best fit the demands of their patients, as there are so many systems available in the market today. This generic clear aligner course draws principles from many aligner systems and try to bring out some commonalities and differences among different clear aligners systems. The intention of this course is to provide a non-biased training in orthodontic treatment of the clear aligners patient from A to Z.

Six days of education will give you the tools to choose the right cases for clear aligner treatment and how to incorporate orthodontic adjuncts used in fixed braces to help treat more challenging cases in more challenging Class I, Class II, and Class III extraction and non-extraction modalities. To simulate the challenges in clinical practice of aligners, Hands-on workshops have been incorporated in the modules.

Course Highlights

• Aligner orthodontic mechanics and principles made simple.
• Not commercially driven.
• Hands-on workshop on sectional fixed with aligners, buttons to settle posterior open bite. Use of TADs with aligners.
• Building the clear aligner orthodontics team.