Category: 1. Digital Orthodontics

  • Lucas L – 8yo – Close Diastema before MFT – Class II div 1 and 2 Mixed Dentition

    Lucas L – 8yo – Close Diastema before MFT – Class II div 1 and 2 Mixed Dentition

    Pre-Op 2023-02-14 Analysis Treatment Plan Stage 1 Close Upper central Diastema and the Commencement of Stage 2 Treatment plan Stage 2 – 1st Progress Scan 2023-05-16 ANALYSIS Used the K3 to accommodate buttons but this was too ambitious and compliance is low. At this stage we removed the buttons. There was little progress as the…

  • Arlo.M – Myobrace

    Arlo.M – Myobrace

    Pre-Op Analysis 2023-03-14 Deep bite with near traumatic occlusion on the palate anteriorly 1st Review 2023-08-08 Compliance has been reasonable and there has been nice progress for 3 months – Appliance was delivered in 2023-05 Key Upper Arch Lower Arch 2nd Review 2023-11-13 Comparison to pre-op records 3rd Review 2024-02-12

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  • Chloe.W – Early Intervention -Non Extraction

    Chloe.W – Early Intervention -Non Extraction

    MODERATE TO SEVERE CLASS II DIV 1 AND 2 WITH LOWER LIP ENTRAPMENT Pre-Op – 2020-11-25 analysis STAGE 1 Sequentail aligner - 2021-05 Goal Treatment plan Myofunctional Therapy – Myobrace – 2021-11 STAGE 2 Progress Review at 2022-07-04 after about 8 months of K1 Myobrace action : progressing with Myobrace K2 (large) for further arch development…

  • Meshmixer Refinement of Aligners

    Meshmixer Refinement of Aligners

    Manual Orthodontic Overcorrection or Refinements on Segmented Dental Models A valuable technique in orthodontic treatment, with aligner therapy using Meshmixer on segmented models generated by Autolign This is a technique for making minor adjustments very quickly. It would work for tweaking the orthodontic case at the end stage when the desired end point has not…

  • AO Attachment Protocol for Aligners

    AO Attachment Protocol for Aligners

    What are attachments ? Attachments are small tooth-colored shapes placed on the surface of a patient’s teeth that help aligners apply the force necessary to move teeth in the desired direction. They act as a catalyst for the aligner to apply pressure to specific teeth to move them into the desired position. The attachment protocol…

  • The Occult Tongue Thrust – A strong case for Clear Aligners

    The Occult Tongue Thrust – A strong case for Clear Aligners

    One of the significant challenges of orthodontics treatment is tongue thrust, in particular the occult cases Dr Michael C C Ho Tongue thrust, aka immature tongue function or infantile and teeth apart swallow. In the more severe cases its rehabilitation may involves multiple disciplinary treatment. In additions to orthodontics , speech therapist or myofunctional therapist…

  • BLOCKING UNDERCUTS WITH MESHMIXER

    BLOCKING UNDERCUTS WITH MESHMIXER

    Blocking Undercuts with Precision

  • Digital Refinement with Meshmixer

    Digital Refinement with Meshmixer

    Case Finishing Patient : Helen B. Case : SA (7/17) When it was so troublesome to get extra aligners at the end of the treatment, it was common practice to routinely overcorrect teeth which were badly mal-aligned initially. The problem with that technique is that sometimes the overcorrection can be fully expressed. AO set the…

  • dentOne

    dentOne

    Online version of Autolign. Looks and feels exactly like Autolign and the times that I have used it did not seem to have significant performance issues .. in fact it seems to be faster !! The online program is striped of all the non aligner features.. It does neatly prompts you for the pre-op records.…