This guide organises possible treatment options for a class II diagnosis. The document is a treatment planning tool to assist you assist how to best treat patients. Treatments are graded by complexity, ranked by the orthodontic technique required, as a guide to the efficacy of treatment and enable providers to select cases that best matches their ability to apply advanced techniques. In this regard, it is particularly useful for dentists who are just beginning to provide clear aligner treatment.
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Class II
Class II
Dental (End-on Class II)
Maintain Class II, aesthetic alignment Novice (0-15 cases)
Digitise, Class II elastics as needed Experienced (16-50 cases)
IPR canine to molar Experienced (16-50 cases)
Extraction, Proligner treatment with auxiliaries and/or fixed Advanced (>50 cases)
Skeletal
Maintain Class II, aesthetic alignment Novice (0-15 cases)
Improve Class II with digitisation, Class II elastics and/or IPR as needed Experienced (16-50 cases)
IPR canine to molar Experienced (16-50 cases)
Pre-surgical Proligner alignment followed by surgery Advanced (>50 cases)
Extraction, Proligner treatment with auxiliaries and/or fixed Advanced (>50 cases)
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