Aligners Curriculum by Adaptive Orthodontics is designed for dental practitioners without prior orthodontic experience as well as the experienced wanting to extend their capabilities with aligners. Understanding the technology will empower you to do more and enable you to progress with the changes that must ensue … to adapt.
AO courses are run in small intimate mentoring groups.
3-4 hours (Face to Face or Online)
– PRIMER
- COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF IN-OFFICE ALIGNERS BY ADAPTIVE ORTHODONTICS
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TWO DAYS
– GROUNDWORK AND PREOPERATIVE RECORDS
- GROWTH,
- BIOMECHANICS and
- PRE-OPERATIVE RECORDS
- Intra oral scanning techniques
- OPG, Lateral Cephalogram
- Photographs
- PREPROCESSING DIGITAL MODELS
- Learn how to digitally
- Trim and Base your dental models
- Block or shallow out undesired undercuts
- Learn how to digitally
- DIGITAL ORTHODONTICS
- Submit Case to Digital Orthodontics Platform ( either online or local copy )
- Start moving teeth around !!
- Goals
- Separate/Segment model into individual teeth
- Setup axis of movement for each tooth
- Get familiar with movement tools for rotation and translation
- Submit Case to Digital Orthodontics Platform ( either online or local copy )
TWO DAYS
– DIGITAL ORTHODONTICS
- PLANNING AND PRESENTATION
- HOW TO COST AND SELL THE CASE
- You will be trained to digitally move teeth using the Diorco software (DentOne). Case studies will be used to teach this software and attendees will be able to start their own cases at the end of this stage.
- Learn how to use the visual aids and software tools to help with your planning and analysis.
- Then using the same tools and knowledge effectively present to patients.
- HOW TO COST AND SELL THE CASE
TWO DAYS
– ADVANCED DIGITAL CONTROL
- MORE ON STAGING,
- Reverse Engineering Technique – Working backwards from the desired end point to more predictably achieve the desired result. Fixed appliances are employed in difficult cases with elastics and/or powerchains
- ATTACHMENT DESIGN
- AO attachment system effective because it is the simplest and only uses 3 shape of attachments.
- Anchorage
- Movement
- Pivoting Ramp
- NDVA – Numerical and Dynamic Visual Analysis – AO’s systematics approach to how to place/orientate the Movement attachment.
- AO attachment system effective because it is the simplest and only uses 3 shape of attachments.
- EARLY INTERVENTION ORTHO
- When to start …
- Learn to identify deviant habits and oral-nasal issues which contributes to developmental orthodontic problems
- Digital Monitoring – Periodic scans and measure – Learn how to compare progress scans
- When to start …
TWO DAYS
– 3D PRINTING AND ALIGNER MANUFACTURE
- ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE IN-OFFICE ALIGNERS
- How to design your models to
- Block undercuts for special cases eg. perio, missing teeth or extraction cases – :Planning for this starts from the aligner design
- Heel design for efficient build plate removal
- Efficient use of thermoplastic to fit two arches per sheet – Literally halves the cost of consumable and time of manufacture
- How to design your models to
TWO DAYS
– ADVANCED CASES MANAGEMENT AND REVIEW
- FINISHING-REFINEMENT
- Digital Over Correction
- Occlusal Splint (Retainer) Design
- SCALE YOUR PROCESS
- AN IMPORTANT MANAGEMENT TOOL TO GROW YOUR ALIGNER PRACTICE … How to control multiple cases of aligner orthodontics without the wheels falling off your vehicle. You will be able to manage 50 to 100 cases simultaneously.
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