By Chris Alex, DynaFlex hile the market is certainly flooded with more aligner options than a practice may even have time to explore, very few companies are posi-tioned to support clinicians with a compre-hensive suite of options that can assist their patients through each phase of treatment. The more you are empowered with options, the greater the probability that each patient will receive an ideal course of treat-ment, along with an optimal outcome, lasting stability, and the type of patient satisfaction that compels them to refer more new patients your way. Additionally, if these appliances can collectively help minimize the need for unnecessary patient contact and reduce the risk of aerosol producing proce-dures, especially during the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, it becomes increasingly sensible to consider these modalities to create win-win scenarios that work for the benefit and well-being of both practices and patients alike. DynaFlex ® , a leading-edge industry veteran, is help-ing the orthodontic community do just that. No stranger to the orthodontics game, founded nearly 60 years ago as an orthodontic laboratory, and now one of the largest private orthodontic companies in the world, DynaFlex is blazing new trails with its EZ-Align® Clear Aligners along with enhancing aligner possibilities with its own proprietary appliances. With nearly a decade of aligner experience, EZ-Align ® is W quickly gaining a reputation for expanding the possi-bility of what can be achieved with either aligners alone, or with what is popularly becoming known as hybrid treatments, which are helping practices stand out among their peers. AAA: Not Just for Roadside Assistance í Avoiding IPR and Attachments í Arch Development í Accelerating Cases For many years, DynaFlex has been instrumental in pioneering new biologically friendly, gentle force, expansive appliances, that can be customized into a multitude of designs, whether it be fixed or removable, and requiring or not requiring the compliance of patients for activation. The EZ-X ® is just one of those quality appliances which is made available for the upper and lower arch. It is designed to be clear, removable and foster transversal development along with the uprighting of teeth to create just enough space to help crowded cases minimize the need for interproximal reduction, preserve enamel and avoid those pesky attachments that no one likes to deal with, if possible. If patient compliance is a concern, the DynaFlex Series 2000 group of appliances can be cemented to the upper and 8 Winter 2021 JAOS
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