This guide organises possible treatment options for a narrow arches 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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Narrow Arches
Narrow Arches
Dental
Both Arches
Expansion Novice (0-15 cases)
Single Arch
Expansion Novice (0-15 cases)
Expansion and/or constriction of other(s) Experienced (16-50 cases)
Skeletal
Unfused Maxilla (Teen)
Maintain narrow arches, aesthetic alignment Novice (0-15 cases)
Rapid palatal expansion followed by Proligner for alignment Advanced (>50 cases)
Fused Maxilla (Adult)
Maintain narrow arches, aesthetic alignment Novice (0-15 cases)
Surgical expansion followed by Proligner for alignment Advanced (>50 cases)
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