Clear Aligner Technique

by Sandra Tai

Overview

Clear aligners are the future of orthodontics, but digital orthodontics evolves so rapidly that it is hard to keep pace. This book approaches clear aligner treatment from a diagnosis and treatment-planning perspective, discussing time-tested orthodontic principles like biomechanics and anchorage and demonstrating how to apply them to orthodontic cases using these appliances. Each chapter explains how to use clear aligners to treat a given malocclusion and teaches clinicians how to program a suitable treatment plan using available software, how to design the digital tooth movements to match the treatment goals, and finally how to execute the treatment clinically and finish the case well. This clinical handbook will prepare orthodontists and dental students to exceed patient expectations with the most esthetic orthodontic appliance currently available. 1,344 illus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780867157789
Publisher:	Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc
Publication date:	10/28/2019
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	65 MB
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About the Author

Sandra Tai, BDS, MS, has been an Invisalign certified orthodontist since 2000 and is currently an Invisalign Top 1%/Diamond Provider who has treated over 1,500 cases with Invisalign. As an editorial board member for the Journal of Aligner Orthodontics and a member of Align Tech Faculty in North America, she is involved in several clinical research projects and FDA clinical research trials with clear aligners. Dr Tai is currently a clinical assistant professor in Orthodontics as well as the coordinator for the Invisalign program at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She also maintains a busy international lecture schedule, speaking to orthodontists all over the world about clear aligners and their potential. Dr Tai is a Fellow of the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia and a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists, Canada, as well as a member of several professional organizations. She is also the founding member and past president of the Orthodontic Ties Seminars Study Club in Vancouver and the Vancouver Invisalign Study Club, where she mentors and trains dentists in the Invisalign system. She received her graduate training in Orthodontics at the University of Minnesota.

Table of Contents

"1. A Brief History of the Orthodontic Appliance 2. A Comparison Between Edgewise Appliances and Clear Aligners 3. Case Selection for Clear Aligner Treatment 4. ClinCheck Software Design 5. Digital Workflow and Monitoring Treatment 6. Troubleshooting, Finishing, and Retention 7. Resolution of Crowding 8. Deep Bite Treatment 9. Anterior Open Bite Treatment 10. Class II Treatment 11. Class III Treatment 12. Lower Incisor Extraction Treatment 13. Premolar Extraction Treatment 14. Orthognathic Surgery 15. Interdisciplinary Treatment"