Aligner Therapy for Children and Adolescents 2.0

Everything you need to know about aligner therapy protocols for children and adolescents!

During the course, you will study the specific features of aligner use in children, growing adolescents, and non-growing adolescents. Course lecturers will provide detailed treatment protocols for the following conditions:

• Class II (distal) and Class III (mesial) malocclusions

• Open bite and deep bite

• Crossbite

• Harmful oral habits

You will also learn retention protocols to maintain treatment results.

Lesson 1. Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to aligner therapy in growing patients

• Definition and goals of interceptive orthodontics

• Early orthodontic treatment: advantages and indications

• Occlusal development and its interaction with craniofacial growth

• Crossbite treatment protocol

• Deep bite: treatment protocol and clinical tips

• Locked occlusion: correction methods

• Clinical tips and recommendations for aligner treatment

• Features of Class II (distal bite) treatment

• Use of elastics: the rule of three

• Assessment of vertebral maturation stage

• Correction of forced mandibular position: a clinical case

Lesson 2. Aligner therapy protocols based on the patient’s growth stage

• Required conditions for treating growing patients

• Optimal timing for orthodontic treatment

• Bone age and growth potential

• Diagnosis of growth potential

• Expansion with aligners (in cases of short clinical crowns)

• Treatment of sagittal discrepancies using aligners

• Treatment of malocclusion at different growth stages

• Clinical case analysis and long-term results

Lesson 3. Clinically predictable ClinCheck® for aligner therapy with precision wings

• Principles of creating an ideal individualized treatment plan

• Professional ClinCheck® protocols:

  • Single-tooth movement

  • Sequential movement protocol

  • Retroclination protocol

• Challenges in programming MA ClinCheck®

• Properties of precision wings

• Three phases in ClinCheck®

• ClinCheck® setup: technical-stage errors

• Refinement treatment: practical tips

Lesson 4. Early aligner therapy: three-dimensional treatment approach

• Aligners: features, characteristics, and advantages

• Treatment in three planes:

  • Transverse

  • Sagittal

  • Vertical

• Early maxillary expansion

• Early treatment vs. single-phase treatment

• Recommendations for treatment duration with aligners in early age

• Technical and clinical tips

• Digital technologies in aligner therapy

• Mandibular advancement in patients with Class II malocclusion:

  • Indications

  • Timing selection

  • Diagnostics

  • Treatment protocol

• Review of common clinical cases:

  • Crossbite

  • Class II malocclusion

  • Dental crowding

  • Deep bite

Lesson 5. Class II malocclusion: a hybrid treatment approach for adolescents and adults

• Predictability factors in aligner treatment

• Appliances used in combination with aligners

• Motion 3D: clinical application aspects

• Elastic wear protocols:

  • Standard protocol

  • Protocol with displaced canines

  • Adult protocol

  • Fixation on primary canines

• Buttons: application techniques

• Anchorage sources

• Appliance selection criteria

• Treatment sequencing

• Strategy for integrating Motion 3D and aligners:

  • Treatment of adolescents

  • Treatment of adults

  • Treatment of patients in early mixed dentition

Lesson 6. Digital protocol and digital tools for diagnosing, planning, and treating children and adolescents with Invisalign aligners

• Treatment planning from the final result and aesthetics

• Specific considerations when treating growing patients

• Motivation and communication with young patients and their parents

• Use of the iTero Element scanner for diagnosis, treatment monitoring, intermediate result assessment, and outcome analysis

• Scanning young patients: advantages

• Hybrid orthodontics: a smooth transition to clear aligner therapy

• Digital transformation of clinical practice

• DSD concept (Digital Smile Design) for planning correction of gummy smile, midline deviation, and space redistribution

• Scanner integration and a fully digital workflow in daily practice

• Interesting clinical cases of patients aged 7–18 years

6 lessons (10h 26min)