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Today I would like to break the series of theoretical post with a purely clinical one, sharing my first case with Insignia, the customized vestibular braces system that I chose for my practice - not that many alternatives are on the market as it’s the only one at present =)As with any new appliance that I use, I selected an easy case to start with

It took me many years to embrace clear aligners as a standard tool for adult treatment (and not only). I waited until the introduction of the Clincheck Pro / 3D controls to be my first Invisalign patient has I had to recover from minor relapse after an unrepaired broken lower retention wire.I felt the need of accurate control of the setup as I found the verbal process of refinement unsatisfactory and definitely too long.

After a long Xmas pause, I jump into 2018 full of energy and willing to share a lot of interesting stuff about 3D orthodontics.Today I would like to start a mini-series of post concerning the digital-lab, and specifically my collaboration with Stefano Negrini, one of the very first technician who believed into 3D orthodontics in his field, beginning 10 years ago.

As orthodontist we are sometimes challenged by a quite difficult clinical situation: a mild to severe CLII and no overjet to solve it.A classic, evergreen, old-school approach could be extraction of upper 4s and lower 5s and a careful management of anchorage. If one does not want to consider extraction, then he should find a way to gain overjet before to start CLII correction

Customization of any orthodontic treatment (not only aligners and lingual appliances) will very likely become the standard of care in a few years.When I lecture on this topic, one of the main criticisms is that it’s not needed for simpler cases.