This session is designed for advanced Invisalign providers who want to learn more about treating mild, non-skeletal anterior-posterior discrepancies in non-growing patients. Participants will learn to identify and plan strategies with aligner therapy that help them achieve up to 3 mm of A-P change between both arches. Improving the A-P relationship can help maintain and/or achieve a good functional occlusion with cupid rise and anterior disclusion. Participants will learn how these treatment strategies can benefit from auxiliary techniques such as inter-arch elastics and how these techniques are incorporated into the Invisalign prescription process.

Recent downtrends in economic conditions have led many patients to forego orthodontic treatment for perceived cosmetic improvements that can be postponed in favor of meeting basic needs. However, many fail to appreciate the general population’s tendency toward progressive dental arch narrowing and steepening of the interincisal relationship leading to destructive dental attrition, anterior crowding with inflammatory conditions, and TMD. Invisalign is uniquely suited to specifically address these problems. When the critical relationship between systemic and orofacial health is emphasized, patients often become anxious to commence Invisalign treatment. Strategies, as well as pre and post- treatment cases, are presented to illustrate these points, serve to illustrate why Invisalign deserves the designation as the new preventive dentistry.

If you have ever struggled with the ClinCheck review process or wondered if you are taking full advantage of the software to maximize treatment efficiency, minimize refinements and achieve better clinical results, this program is for you. This session is for the advanced and seasoned clinician: Join Super Elite Premier Provider Dr. Sam Daher as he presents his predictable and methodical review of the ClinCheck plan, and time-tested strategies to optimize treatment outcomes. Watch Dr. Daher review ClinCheck plans for 2 advanced cases, rationalize the modifications made and see the final clinical results.

In this session for doctors and their team, Dr. Katherine Delfs shares tools and tips for talking to patients about the benefits of straight teeth. Participants learn the process, including who does what and when, what educational tools her office utilizes and the documentation her practice finds useful to support the team’s efforts to provide patients with optimal oral health.

During the fast-paced and lively session, Dr. David Galler shares some of the most common challenges you face after treatment starts and tips on how to overcome them. Mastering these skills will help eliminate mid-course corrections, reduce refinements, and provide you with the know-how to achieve optimal patient results.

In order to provide Invisalign patients with fully functioning, healthy, and maintainable masticatory systems- we have to begin with the ideal result in mind. During this session, Dr. Edward Gardner reviews comprehensive treatment guidelines to follow and key techniques to use to help you deliver excellent patient results with more consistency. Discussion includes how the TM joints, periodontium, teeth, and occlusion interrelate and how to address each in your ClinCheck treatment plan.

All of us hope that patients will say yes to our treatment recommendations, but many don’t even realize what’s coming out of their mouth when they speak to patients. Doctors don’t know what the front desk are saying, and back staff often have little or no training on communication and persuasion skills. This is a must attend session for the doctor and staff together. Interactive, lively, and geared to teach you and your staff some specific skill sets, this session shows you what you’re now saying and what you need to say differently. Dr. Gates teaches you many things about communicating and persuading patients that will surely become part of your greater success in getting patients to say Yes.

Want to treat more patients with Invisalign? Let’s get started! The first step on the road to confidence and success with Invisalign is tapping the largest resource…your own recall patients. The purpose of this seminar is to learn to find those diamonds-in-the-rough using the “Two Minute Ortho Exam,” a quick and user-friendly method completed by the hygienist or dentist in two minutes or less. We learn how to recognize orthodontic problems in teens and adults and how to communicate effectively to our patients in plain language so that they understand how Invisalign can create healthy, attractive smiles.

Two moderate Invisalign cases are shown from start through final finish and retention. Dr. Glassman shares a checklist for proper treatment planning including treatment planning options, ClinCheck reviews, tips for ongoing treatment and finishing options. In this detailed review of treatment, Dr. Glassman also discusses typical problem solving such as finishing options for posterior open bites and treatment approaches on a unilateral Class II case. Lastly, he touches on how to share successful Invisalign cases with current and prospective patients to build the practice through case presentation and social media.

This course provides a clear understanding of how malocclusion can negatively affect patient oral health. Presenters teach easy to use techniques for identifying Invisalign candidates, a team approach to patient education of the consequences of malocclusion, and live presentations for overcoming every day objections to treatment. This course addresses the role that EVERY team member plays in getting patient commitment to treatment.

Align Technology now owns Cadent, manufacturer of the iTero digital scanning technology. So many things will now be possible for the GP community – for Invisalign treatment and much more. In this session, discover what iTero digital scanning offers to the GP practice and learn about the benefits of this technology for clinicians, patients, dental laboratories, and the dental TEAM. Dr. Jones reviews iTero scanner positioning procedures and most current software features, shares multiple examples and photos of the clinical uses of iTero scanning technology, and reviews business practices and profitability models.

Align is such a powerful component to everyday dentistry but when these Power Pearls are factored into the smile, the smile will be optimized to its fullest. Using the Clincheck Software we can create all the nuances of an ideal smile before we press the ‘Approve’ button. 10 key ingredients are discussed and analyzed to maximize the esthetic and functional smile. These key elements will ensure the case follows the defined set of objectives before the case is started and extend into the final phases of contouring the anterior teeth at Aligner completion.

We all know adult patients with severe wear can be difficult to treat. Excessive wear can contribute to super eruption of anterior teeth which compromises our ability to provide anterior guidance with a restorative solution alone. In this session, Dr. Nancy Ward leads the audience through several patient examples to share the interdisciplinary steps she incorporates to achieve an ideal result in these types of cases. Participants learn how to communicate their goals for occlusion and anterior guidance in their ClinCheck treatment plans. A full mouth rehabilitation is included in the cases presented.