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. I personally think that the costs are still relatively high, but obtaining arch…
We live in a busy world and every software / protocol / app that make life easier is most welcome in my daily routine. As orthodontist we are taught to trace lateral cephalograms during our post-graduate education. We need to get a keen understanding of skull anatomy in order to complete our diagnostic armamentario through…
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: even more when the sun is kissing the white mountains!). As a Swiss part-time academic…
When it comes to correct a CLII malocclusion with braces, even though elastics represent an easy option, I rather prefer to use the Forsus pushrod appliance. My opinion as a broad user of the Forsus is that is really fast and effective into correcting CLII, and I also had the chance to perform clinical research…
Shakespearian Hamlet’s dilemma may be transliterated into what troubles the modern orthodontist. The shift to 3D orthodontics is accelerating and while the scanner is the first, obvious, purchase, many colleagues, including me, face the doubt if to buy or not a 3D printer. It seems that if you don’t have a 3D printer, you cannot…
I am ready to fly to Venice for the 2nd EAS (European Aligner Society) Congress. This is a very nice meeting to make the point on what’s going on in the clear aligners field. As my professional life is a mix of chair-side work, research and teaching I submitted a good mix of my three orthodontic…
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…
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…
As part of my professional life, I decided to keep a foot in the academic life dedicating this quality time to research. I am currently working in University of Geneva, with Prof. Kiliaridis, one day per week and running research projects with many Italian universities. My research interest is 3D imaging & to check…
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.…