40 Orthodontics
Updating the CA Clear Aligner Therapy Pablo Echarri, D.D.S. Director of the Master in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics of Athenea Dental Institute, San Jorge University, Spain President of the Iberoamerican Association of Orthodontists Chairman of the congress of the World Society of Lingual Orthodontics
Abstract In this article the author explain the particular characteristics that makes the CA Clear Aligner system different that the others as well as the special tools that allow the clinicians to reduce the treatment time and increase the effectiveness of the therapy. Keywords: CA Clear Aligner, Screws, Pliers, Power grip
Introduction Javier Echarri, D.D.S. Student of the Master in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics of Athenea Dental Institute, San Jotge University, Spain
• digital or printed study models • digital storage of the models • diagnosis including study and radiographic analysis • set-up models and correction of the set-up models • Aligners therapy (CA Clear Aligner) • Indirect labial or lingual bonding (Individua) • CAD-CAM Retainers (Memotain) In this article the author will focus only in the CA Clear Aligner Therapy characteristics due to the extension of this paper.
Actually CA Clear Aligner through CA Digital offer a complete solution for the doctors that want to digitalize their offices. In fact from one scan (directly from the patient with an intraoral scanner or scanning the plaster models), the CA Digital software can offer:
Characteristics of the CA Clear Aligner Therapy
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1- CA Clear Aligner prepare 1 to 3 steps from one digital or traditional impression As we don’t manufactures all the aligners from the first impression, we can:
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Dental News, Volume XXIV, Number IV, 2017