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When we think about clothes, we basically all agree that custom/tailor made clothes are in general of superior quality with respect to the average boutique S / M / L / XL size dress. This does not mean that we cannot properly dress with standard clothes, but we are aware that a tailor-made suit that fits correctly at any part of the body, after the tailor have carefully measured all of them, will probably look better on us rather than a standard suit.

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

Birte Melsen was one of the first to loudly denounce that too many times the orthodontic market as a 10x faster speed rather than clinical research and scientific evidence. Manufacturer’s claim of benefits and orthodontic "miracles" can sometimes enchant the believers, disgust the sceptics and being welcomed more or less warmly by the rest of the orthodontic population. I believe that this is a trait of our profession, and we have to live with it

This is something that the most orthodontics are experiencing since a long time with Invisalign and their clear aligners conceived and produced in Costa Rica and shipped all over the world. Only recently they are opening new production centers closer to their final customer.Anyway, what we care as orthodontists is the final product to be of excellent quality.

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.

After a long period of web-absence, I am back to share something very interesting that I recently learnt while attending the Congress organized by the Swiss Orthodontic Society and Swiss universities in St. Moritz (such a wonderful mountain town: eve