This guide organises possible treatment options for a class III 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 III
Class III
Dental
Aesthetic alignment only Novice (0-15 cases)
Advance uppers by aligners/Class III elastics Experienced (16-50 cases)
Advance uppers to make space for restorative Experienced (16-50 cases)
Retract lowers after IPR Experienced (16-50 cases)
Retract lowers by extraction and close space with Class III elastics Advanced (>50 cases)
Skeletal
Aesthetic alignment only Novice (0-15 cases)
Extraction/camouflage Experienced (16-50 cases)
Surgery and Proligner treatment Advanced (>50 cases)
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