“Due to Precision Aligner Buttons advanced pad engineering, they have quickly gained a reputation for not falling off during treatment, reducing emergency visits, and sparing the trays from delivering unwanted torsional movements that can often accompany slits used to accommodate Class II and Class III elastics.” Precision Aligner Buttons™ (PABs) are another unique and proprietary item that DynaFlex offers to enhance treatment. Rather than utilizing slits in the plastic trays, cut outs can be performed that will fit around the PABs being bonded directly to the enamel. Due to PABs advanced pad engineering, they have quickly gained a reputation for not falling off during treatment, reducing emergency visits, and sparing the trays from delivering unwanted torsional movements that can often accompany slits used to accommodate Class II and Class III elastics. If attachments are needed to foster more predictable movements, such as the intrusion or rotation of various teeth, whatever the movement may be, DynaFlex is well versed in produc-ing a matrix system for producing such attachments. And last but not at all least, case submission and management are easily facilitated through Smile-Share™, which is the powerful proprietary online portal engine that is available for use by EZ-Align clinicians. SmileShare™ will be launching its robust features and benefits in early 2021, enabling doctors to perform their own tooth movements. It provides a significantly improved platform for clinician and laboratory interac-tion. Multiple PDF files that can be used for sharing or showing before-and-after treatment views along with treatment video animation accompany all treatments. Rather than trying to do all the fine-tuning with manual bends, aligners can correct torque on upper laterals, or simply tweak things for making the process easier in achieving final positionality. Got Relapse? Aligners Again to the Rescue! Although great diligence was taken to get the teeth just right, and although the patient may be commend-ably faithful to a degree with retentive wear, as we all know, shifting can still occur. Whether the patient is emphatic on getting things back to perfection or a potentially detrimental occlusion dilemma now exists, the last thing most patients are hoping for is to have braces slapped back on to address the issue. Consider swooping in and saving the day by getting those pearly whites back in position with aligners. Retentive Options The beauty of working with a lab like DynaFlex that can accommodate both aligner and orthodontic prescriptions through a single facility is a bonus. The lab can provide you with nearly any type of retainer and they can be fabricated and literally “ready to go” for the moment the patient is done with the last set of aligner trays. Whether it is multiple clear tray Defend™ retainers, a standard Hawley, or bonded lingual wire, nearly all retention phase appliance requests can be fulfilled along with your aligner treatments. As we can see, when broadening our approach to orthodontic treatment and discovering all the possibili-ties aligners and a superb support system can offer, there is potential for making the process and outcome of orthodontic treatment “more dreamy” for both prac-tices and patients alike. Finishing Bracket Patients? While we all know final intricate bends can some-times be a challenge, for the aligner software, it’s what it does well day-in and day-out. Many practices are turning to hybrid treatments, starting with brackets and finishing with a series of aligners. This provides the patient with an early gift of that coveted moment of getting the braces off sooner rather than later, liberat-ing the teeth for maintaining better hygiene, and switching to aligners with pinpoint accuracy for finish-ing the case to perfection. 10 Winter 2021 JAOS
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