Do’s and Don’ts of Aligners [STRAIGHTPRIL] – PDP071

We wrap up STRAIGHTPRIL with a HUGE one - what makes aligners predictable? How can we make aligner treatment protocols efficient starting right from the planning stages and the Clincheck. I am joined by a fellow podcaster and specialist Orthodontist Dr Farooq Ahmed who is a wizard with Aligners! https://youtu.be/FL1nDqYX7Ls Make Aligners Predictable Again - Donald Trump Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Protrusive Dental Pearl: Use floss to create loops and use a chain retainer, like Ortho-Flextech which has made it much easier in my hands! In this episode we discussed: How to pick the winning cases Which movements are tricky and how we can overcome them (including deep bite!!) Should we overcorrect expansion? What is Farooq's take on elastics and aligners? Clincheck golden nuggets! Do check out Farooq on Ortho in Summary Podcast! If you liked this episode, you should check out IPR for Dummies with Dr Devaki! Click here for Full Episode Transcription: Opening Snippet: So that was the premise of the question, we have to know what is predictable in orthodontics, right? So if we can put aligners to the side for a couple of minutes, it's the fact what can we do put it to be with fixed appliances with other types of appliances. And the truth is, there's nothing which is 100% predictable. So we've got to start off with a golden truth that is not 100% predictable as a science. Jaz’s Introduction: Like with all things in dentistry, case selection is so, so, important and we all know that orthodontics, including aligners has a very steep learning curve. That’s why in this episode, I brought Dr. Farooq Ahmed to talk all about the do’s and don’ts of aligner treatment. I mean, I wish I had something like this when I was starting align treatment because it helps you to get more efficient treatment. I mean, I made a few mistakes, nothing serious, but it gives you that magic word which is PREDICTABILITY. That’s what we want in all our treatments. And in particular with aligners.Hello, Protruserati, I’m Jaz Gulati and welcome to this final episode of STRAIGHTPRIL. I hope you found this month interesting and stimulating and it’s going to help you with your future orthodontic cases. I want to also take this opportunity to apologize to you for not emailing you guys like usually I did my newsletter full of the episode, I started off by doing a per episode. So now I do like a roundup of some of the bigger episodes. So maybe I’ll do one for straightpril, all the orthodontic series in one email.But emailing has been very difficult for me because I’ve moved house, it’s officially happened. It’s been a roller coaster, I’m sure any of you who have moved before will be able to relate with me. It’s been funny, I moved back from Singapore, back to the UK in 2017. I lived with my parents, it was nice living in a very traditional Indian household.During the pandemic, it was brilliant to have six of us including my son living in the same household. I think as a bubble during the pandemic that was really special. I think I’ll cherish those memories for the rest of my life. But I think it’s time to now flee the nest. So we have our own space now. And it comes with its own challenges of childcare before I just give a shout out to my parents and have some more free time to do this kind of stuff, but I don’t have as much time anymore. But that’s fine. That’s the beauty of being a father beauty of having a family and everything just has to fit around that right?So before we join the main episode, we’re going to look at the main things that make aligner treatment predictable, which kind of movements are favorable, which ones are unpredictable, and how to program your clinchecks to overcome that.Protrusive Dental PearlNow before we get to that with Farooq Ahmed, I’m going to share the Protrusive Dental Pearl which is a retention one following on for that awesome episode with Dr.