Fundamentals of Clear Aligners online course
COMING SOON
Confidently provide your patients orthodontic treatment using clear aligners.
This online course covers contemporary, fundamental clear aligner theory enabling you to begin treating simple to moderate malocclusions with clear aligners.
Theory
Online content comprehensively covering evidence-based clear aligner theory
Support
Ongoing support with cases and closed group webinars
Marketing
Get started treating your patients with clear aligners with a FREE marketing pack and typodont model with sample aligners
Dr. Niki Shah, Proligner's expert Dentist provides an online theory course, with foundational clear aligner education for Dentists intending on providing their patients clear aligner treatment. While the course can be taken stand-alone, it is recommended to be packaged with the Clear Aligner Day Course that includes hands-on practical exercises enabling you to apply the your theoretical learnings to begin confidently treating your patients with clear aligners.
Aims and Objectives
The online theory course will enable you to:
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Understand the objectives and limitations of orthodontics & clear aligner therapy
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Understand the key features and principles of clear aligners
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Understand the biomechanics of tooth movement and clear aligner mechanics
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Treatment plan and execute a case from start to finish using Proligner online portal
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Successfully triage cases to undertake within your scope of practise
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Understand the principles, mechanics, and effective placement of clinical attachments
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Recognise the need for IPR in different clinical situations and different methods to perform IPR
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Assess the success of a treatment plan and finishing cases
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Understand the importance, benefits and drawbacks of a variety of fixed & removable retainers
Syllabus
The objectives and limitations of orthodontics & clear aligner therapy
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What orthodontics and clear aligners are
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Brief history of orthodontics and clear aligner therapy
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Aims and benefits of orthodontics
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Aligners vs fixed braces
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The limitations
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Knowing your limitations
Key features and principles of clear aligners
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How clear aligners are made
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How clear aligners move teeth
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Proligner material science
Biomechanics of tooth movement and clear aligner mechanics
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Mechanics of tooth movements
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Biology of tooth movements
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Clear aligner biomechanics
Treatment plan and execute a case from start to end with Proligner online portal
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Understanding the Proligner workflow
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Preparing a treatment plan
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Implementing a treatment plan
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Refinements
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Retention
Triage cases to undertake within your scope of practise
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Different types of malocclusions and decision trees to help determine complexity of case
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Examples of cases treated with Proligner
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Difficult cases to treat with aligners
Understand the principles, mechanics and effective placement of clinical attachments
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What are clinical attachments
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Why are clinical attachments are needed
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Principles of attachments
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Biomechanics of attachments
Recognise the need for IPR in different clinical situations and different methods to perform IPR
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What is IPR?
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What cases can IPR be used for
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Different tools to perform IPR
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Unprescribed IPR
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Alternatives to IPR
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Tips in performing IPR
Assess the success of a treatment plan and finishing cases
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Assessing the success of a case
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Tooth whitening
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Apply DRE restorative techniques using the greater curve matrices to
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Close Diastemas
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Close Black triangles
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Restore overcorrected IPR
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The benefits and drawbacks of the various fixed & removable retainers
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The importance of retention
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Fixed vs Removable retainers
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Different types of fixed retainers
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Different types of removable retainers
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