It is essential to select the cases that are likely to work and bring satisfaction to our patients. We can only achieve this through identification and management of realistic patient expectations and abiding by accepted orthodontic principles.
Is your patient’s aligner fatigue going to dictate the end point of your next case?
Planning for treatment success is often challenging as predictability varies from case to case. It can be difficult to identify the most important factors that would impact achieving predictable levels of patient satisfaction.
To help Dentists with less clear aligner experience, Active Aligners preload protocols into the treatment planning system to help weed out those cases that are unlikely to be predictable.
Embarking on clear aligner treatment provision need not be daunting. We hope we can help you select appropriate cases to start your journey.
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Green means suitable for treatment
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Amber means there are limiting factors to carefully consider
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For the Red cases, listen to your alarm bells, they are ringing for good reason
Moderate arch collapse as well as significant crowding will necessitate multiple attachments as well as IPR. These cases should be attempted only after gaining suitable experience with simpler cases to get accustomed to IPR and attachments. Monitoring of these cases is imperative to ensure tracking and that sufficient IPR has been performed. Managing patient expectations with these cases is vital as a “perceived perfect” result is often difficult to achieve. Smile enhancement can meet the patient’s expectations if they are forewarned about the predicted results.
Moderate arch collapse
TOP TIP- “Establish patient expectations from the outset”
