ORTHO INDUSTRY NEWS Starter Kit Helps Patients Adapt to Aligners to their teeth. That’s why ClearCorrect now begins every case with a patient starter kit, which includes aligners that are designed to apply gentle pressure before ramping up movement in later steps. Along with the starter aligners, you’ll receive a welcome letter for your patient with wear & care tips, an aligner storage case, an OUTIE aligner removal tool, a sample of OAP Cleaner and two chewies to help seat the aligners. For more information about ClearCorrect, please visit www.ClearCorrect.com or call 1-888-331-3323. App That Helps Dentists Monitor Patient Treatment TP Orthodontics launched the first-ever mobile patient monitor-ing solution. SmileTracker is a mobile application that when used with smile-tracker.com offers orthodontists a way to monitor patient progress and compliance between appointments. Smile-Tracker provides a fun way for patients to stay engaged in their treatment, while achieving an unprecedented level of doctor-patient communication. Leveraging the prevalence of social media and the era of “selfies”, SmileTracker is fun for patients and useful for doctors. With patient compliance a key element of successful treatment, early detection can be critical to efficient progress through a treatment plan. From proper dental hygiene to correctly placed elastics, engaged and compli-ant patients have a positive affect on their results. With SmileTracker, patients take a daily photo of their smile which is automatically and immediately accessible by their orthodontist through a secure and compliant website enabling them to monitor progress and compliance at their convenience. SmileTracker offers both individual picture view-ing as well as a time-lapse video of consecutive treatment pictures. Patients can instantly share their pictures through social media. With SmileTracker, orthodon-tists have the opportunity to iden-tify compliance issues early, make timely adjustments to appliances or modify treatment without wait-ing for the next scheduled office visit, achieving even greater effi-ciencies in treatment planning. The mobile SmileTracker applica-tion is available through the iPhone App Store and accessible to orthodontists through smile-tracker.com under a monthly user license program. Visit smile-tracker.com for more information. The first day of orthodontic treatment can come as a shock—it takes a while for most patients to get used to pressure being applied Eliminate Guesswork from Bite Registration Great Lakes Orthodontics recently acquired ownership of the George Gauge™ bite registration and mandibular repositioning device. The widely popular George Gauge was developed over 20 years ago by Peter T. George, DDS, an orthodon-tist who specialized in sleep breath-ing disorders. The George Gauge is recommended for all mandibular repositioning appliances and allows 8 Summer 2014 JAOS clinicians to capture the protrusive bite registration and vertical opening without relying on the patient to achieve proper positioning. Used by thousands of doctors, the George Gauge eliminates guesswork and is extremely accurate and easy to use. For more information, contact Great Lakes at 800.828.7626 or visit www.greatlakesortho.com to view an instructional video.
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