Online clear aligner training from a leading global expert

Category: Orthodontics

Instructor(s): Sandra Tai

Course structure: Lessons: 12 modules: 14 lectures + PDFs | Duration: 19 hours 41 minutes

Course overview

Each module includes downloadable PDF lecture notes.

Everything you need to advance your aligner knowledge without having to take time away from your patients.

Do you believe you can get at least one aligner patient in your chair?

Then this is the virtual clear aligner technique program for you.

After completing this course, you’ll recover your investment with just ONE new start!

Taught by a leading expert:
-Learn from board-certified orthodontist, textbook author, and pioneer in aligner technology, Dr.

Sandra Khong Tai.

She lectures worldwide on clear aligners and has been offering her mini residency program since 2016.

Excellent value:
-The program is a cost-effective way to get the tools you need to increase production at your practice.

In fact, you’ll recover your investment in the course by treating a single patient with aligners!

Comprehensive training:
-One of the few orthodontic courses for dentists and orthodontists, the program will teach you how to accurately diagnose and safely treat a range of malocclusions.You’ll also gain proficiency in advanced ClinCheck® techniques.

Curriculum

Welcome to the course!

• Program:
• Introduction of the instructor and program goals
• How to navigate the course platform, assessments, and resources
• Overview of clear aligner therapy, its history, and the role in modern orthodontics
• Expectations, prerequisites, and learning outcomes
• Case examples to set the stage

Module 1: Clear Aligner Technique – Basic Principles

• Program:
• Biomechanics of tooth movement with aligners (force systems, centers of resistance, moments)
• Differences between aligners and fixed appliances
• Material properties of aligner plastics (flexibility, memory, force decay)
• Attachment design, placement, and function
• Interproximal reduction (IPR) principles
• Staging and sequencing movements
• Case selection: which malocclusions are suitable vs borderline
• Lesson 1: Basic Principles
• Lesson 2: Basic Principles - PDF

Module 2: Anterior Open Bite Treatment and Resolution of Spacing/Crowding

• Program:
• Etiology of open bite (dental vs skeletal vs habits)
• Strategies for treating anterior open bite using aligners (relative extrusion, intrusion, incisor torque, block mechanics)
• Resolving spacing: when to close spaces vs maintain them
• Approaches for mild to severe crowding with aligners (expansion, IPR, proclination, extractions)
• Predictability challenges and risk mitigation
• Case examples illustrating open-bite + spacing combinations
• Lesson 1: Anterior Open Bite Treatment and Resolution of Crowding
• Lesson 2: Anterior Open Bite Treatment and Resolution of Crowding - PDF

Module 3: Deep Bite Treatment

• Program:
• Deep bite etiologies (dental, skeletal, incisal, posterior)
• Treatment objectives: intrusion of incisors vs relative extrusion of molars
• Use of bite ramps, bite turbos, and vertical control auxiliaries
• Attachment strategies and staging for bite correction
• Finishing and overbite control
• Clinical pitfalls and how to avoid relapse
• Lesson 1: Deep Bite Treatment
• Lesson 2: Deep Bite Treatment - PDF

Module 4: Class II Treatment with Clear Aligners

• Program:
• Diagnosis of Class II (skeletal vs dental) and decision-making
• Strategies: distalization, Class II elastics, advancement, or combination
• Staging of movements (distalization first, leveling, then finishing)
• Anchoring management (how to minimize unwanted movement)
• Use of auxiliaries (elastics, attachments)
• Predictability, limitations, and when to refer
• Lesson 1: Class II Treatment with Clear Aligners
• Lesson 2: Class II Treatment with Clear Aligners - PDF

Module 5: Invisalign with Mandibular Advancement

• Program:
• How Invisalign’s mandibular advancement (MA) feature works (e.g., for growing patients)
• Indications and contraindications
• Timing relative to growth stages
• Design of MA platforms, staging, and retention
• Integration with regular aligner movements
• Monitoring, adjustments, and troubleshooting
• Lesson 1: Invisalign with Mandibular Advancement
• Lesson 2: Invisalign with Mandibular Advancement - PDF

Module 6: Class III Treatment with Clear Aligners and Lower Incisor Extraction Protocol

• Program:
• Diagnosis of Class III (dentoalveolar vs skeletal)
• When and how to consider lower incisor extraction in aligner treatment
• Biomechanics of Class III correction: proclination of maxillary teeth, retraction of mandibular teeth, use of elastics, etc.
• Staging strategies and anchorage considerations
• Use of auxiliaries, overcorrection, and finishing strategies
• Case examples illustrating this protocol
• Lesson 1: Class III Treatment with Clear Aligners and Lower Incisor Extraction Protocol
• Lesson 2: Class III Treatment with Clear Aligners and Lower Incisor Extraction Protocol - PDF

Module 7: Premolar Extraction Protocol for Clear Aligners – Part 1

• Program:
• Indications for premolar extraction in aligner therapy
• Planning extraction cases: anchorage, segmentation, anchorage loss risk
• Extraction space closure mechanics with aligners
• Staging: initial alignment, space closure, fine detailing
• Attachment strategies, IPR, root control, and torque management
• Lesson 1: Premolar Extraction Protocol for Clear Aligners - Part 1
• Lesson 2: Premolar Extraction Protocol for Clear Aligners - Part 1 - PDF

Module 8: Premolar Extraction Protocol for Clear Aligners – Part 2

• Program:
• Advanced concepts in space closure (en masse vs segmented)
• Differential movement strategies within extraction segments
• Dealing with anchorage loss, midline shifts, asymmetry
• Overcorrection strategies and trimming the ideal finish
• Retention strategies for extraction cases
• Troubleshooting challenging extraction cases
• Lesson 1: Premolar Extraction Protocol for Clear Aligners - Part 2
• Lesson 2: Premolar Extraction Protocol for Clear Aligners - Part 2 - PDF

Module 9: Advanced ClinCheck Techniques

• Program:
• Deep dive into ClinCheck (or equivalent planning software) tools
• 3D controls, custom staging, incremental steps, stopping steps
• Virtual setups: optimizing root movements, torque, and collision avoidance
• Using “proposed change” vs manual adjustment
• Simulations, model analysis, and backup plans
• Communicating plans with technicians or labs
• Lesson 1: Advanced Clincheck Techniques
• Lesson 2: Advanced Clincheck Techniques - PDF

Module 10: Monitoring, Troubleshooting, Finishing, and Retention

• Program:
• How to monitor aligner progress: scan checks, staging review, midcourse evaluation
• Identifying and managing “non-tracking” situations
• Refinements, overcorrection, and midcourse corrections
• Finishing strategies (settling movements, detailing)
• Retention principles, designs, timing, and compliance
• Relapse risk prevention
• Lesson 1: Monitoring, Troubleshooting, Finishing, and Retention
• Lesson 2: Monitoring, Troubleshooting, Finishing, and Retention - PDF

Module 11: Phase 1 Mixed Dentition Treatment with Invisalign First

• Program:
• Differences in treating growing patients with mixed dentition
• Indications, timing, and limitations of early intervention with aligners
• Managing space, growth modulation, habit control
• Hybrid protocols (aligners + traditional appliances)
• Case selection, staging, and monitoring
• Transitioning to comprehensive aligner therapy
• Lesson 1: Phase 1 Mixed Dentition Treatment with Invisalign First
• Lesson 2: Phase 1 Mixed Dentition Treatment with Invisalign First - PDF

ClinCheck Review Session 1-2-3

• Check yourself.
• Lesson 1: ClinCheck Review Session 1-2-3
• Lesson 2: ClinCheck Review Session 1-2-3 - PDF

Module 12: Interdisciplinary Treatment, The Role of TADs in Clear Aligner Treatment, and Orthognathic Surgery With Clear Aligners

• Program:
• Integration with other specialties: periodontics, prosthodontics, restorative, etc.
• Use of Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs / mini-implants) to assist aligner movement (intrusion, anchorage, distalization)
• Planning for and coordinating orthognathic surgery with aligner therapy (pre-surgical alignment, postoperative finishing)
• Biomechanics of complex cases requiring skeletal surgery
• Interdisciplinary case workflows, sequencing, communication
• Case studies of surgical-aligner combinations
• Lesson 1: Interdisciplinary Treatment, The role of TADS in Clear Aligner Treatment and Orthognatic Surgery with Clear Aligners
• Lesson 2: Interdisciplinary Treatment, The role of TADS in Clear Aligner Treatment and Orthognatic Surgery with Clear Aligners - PDF