In-office aligners: profitable treatment option for doctors, more effective treatment process for patients

– Importance of 3D technologies in orthodontics

– Parts of Digital Orthodontics

– Scanners

– 3D printing simplified

– Types of 3D printers:

- FDM Printers

-SLA Printers

- Metal/DMLS printings

- DLP/LCD Printers. 

– Build platform in 3D printers 

– LCD module 

– The expensive 3D printers

– Low cost DLP printer

– Criteria for choosing a printer

– Resin 3D printer calibration

– Supports in 3D printing 

– Saving cost of 3D printing 

– Horizontal and vertical printing

– Live placement of models and supports in Chitubox software.

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.

– Typical aligner manufacturing steps

– Scan strategies

– Intraoral scanning demonstration

– Bubbles in scan

– Designing aligners

– Workflow using ArchForm Software 

– Tips for the design of aligner 

– The art of delegation

– 3D printer workflow

– Post process 

– Print check

– Tips and tricks for 3D printing

– Thermoformers

– Types of thermoformers

– Aligners and attachments sheets specs

– Trim-check.

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.

– Import scans

– Orient scans

– Creating digital base

– Segmentation/digital kesling set-up

– Defining VTO (Visualised treatment objective)

– Balance in X-Y-Z axis

– Attachments planning

– Building personalized attachments

– Staging tooth movements

– Adding 3D objects to the designed aligner treatment plan

– Pontic creation in extraction cases

– Exporting models and special features.

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.

– Keyboard shortcuts

– Import scans

– Orient scans

– Trim excess

– Segmentation/digital kesling setup

– Defining VTO (Visualised treatment objective)

– Attachments planning

– Aligner staging/velocity

– Movement calibration

– Sequential staging 

– Attachments

– Unique features of ArchForm:

- Cutouts

- Pontics

- Bitestops

- Bite shifts

- Auto trimming.

– Export options

– Aligner numbering

– New features of ArchForm 1.9.5.

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.

– Difference between aligners and fixed orthodontics

– Case selection

– Attachments:

- Role

- Importance

- Master attachment

- Planning

- Buccal tipping

- Location.

– Aligner retention

– Advised initial cases 

– Planning protocol 

– Basic aligner treatment planning for spacing cases 

– Mistakes in spacing cases

– Aligner biomechanics with crowding

– Treatment with Invisalign 

– Step by step clinical cases analysis.

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.

– Deep bite treatment features

– Clinical case: deep bite treatment with Invisalign 

– Digital treatment planning of deep bite

– Clinical case: crowding and deep bite treatment

– Open bite treatment features

– Anterior open bite closing

– Anterior extrusion

– Posterior intrusion

– Digital treatment planning of open bite

– Crossbite treatment features

– Clinical case: 

- Сrowding and crossbite treatment

- Сlass 3 and crossbite treatment

- Single molar crossbite treatment.

– Bilateral crossbite (sceletal) treatment.

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.

– Molar distalization:

- Features

- Clinical cases 

- 3D treatment planning. 

– Class 2 distalization with elastics usage

– Non compliant distalization 

– Palatal approach to distalization 

– Extraction with fixed orthodontics: 

- Anchorage

- Complications 

- Uncontrolled tipping prevention.

– Extraction space closure: fixed appliances vs aligners

– Extraction with aligners 

– Reciprocal anchorage

– G6 protocol of aligners 

– Clinical cases analysis 

– Specific attachments. 

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.

– Typical aligner workflow

– Scan strategies

– 3D scanning

– Arrange models in 3D printers software

– Stagnent overnight printer

– Delegation: role of doctor and assistant

– Recommendations for work process organization

– 3D printing workflow

– Post process:

- Step by step video protocol 

- Armamentarium.

– Print check

– Tips for 3D printing

– Thermoforming

– Types of sheets

– Trimming accessories

– Trimming with scissors

– Trimming without scissors and polishing

– Elastic and button cutout pliers

– Trim-check

– Label and packing.

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.

– Band and loop space maintainer

– Typical workflow of designing of metal printed orthodontic appliances 

– Rapid Palatal Expander (RPE) 

– Maxillary Sceletal Expander (MSE) 

– Miniscrew-Assisted Rapid Palatal Expander (MARPE)

– Clinical cases:

- Sceletal class 3

- Very narrow palate

- Impacted canine in palate

- Anterior open bite.

– Combining metal printed orthodontic appliances with aligners

– Palatal approach to distalization

– Twin Blocks manufacturing.

Recommended for: Orthodontists, General dentists.