middle of this video today is what makes an aligner case go off track and you can see
based on this video that I recorded it before I finished my infographic that went with it
just because I'm so excited to get this content out here today and it usually takes me about a
day or so to make my infographic so sorry about that but in any case if you attended our aligner
webinar last week sponsored by Garrison um there were over a thousand of you that attended which
is absolutely incredible thank you so much and thank you so much for those great reviews and
the follows and the emails afterwards I really appreciate it but anyways I just wanted to recap
a few key points just in case you missed it what makes an aligner case go off track and definitely
IPR is definitely the top five I would say um which is why you definitely should sign up for
our IPR webinar which is going to be November 28th at 8 pm Eastern 5 p.m Pacific 3 P.M Hawaii time
um I hope that you'll be there you'll if you learn to do IPR at the beginning with pre-curved files
um or curved files instead of straight files or a disk or a burr you can eliminate a lot
of appointments as well as you can make fewer revisions and refinements and we talked a lot
about at our webinar last week about your refinement rate and knowing your refinement
analytics if you're with Invisalign that is something you can ask actually opt into and
you can ask your territory manager what your refinement rate is and if it needs Improvement
and the vast majority of General dentists I think do need Improvement the rates are I asked our old
territory manager the one where we are you know what our rate was versus the rate of the average
general dentist and she was saying that yeah General dentists generally have a much higher
refinement rate because they're just not doing it right which is kind of funny because it's
like cutting teeth and you would think you'd be better than us on it so um I just think that you
guys aren't buying the right systems and you're trying to do it with burrs and desks which really
does not work very well at least in my hands in terms of being accurate you tend to like legit and
wedge it and um overcompensate and remove too much enamel as well as wreck the gums and everything so
definitely attend my IPR webinar it's free you'll get C units you have nothing to lose right and we
we do have a cap on how many people can sign up so make sure you sign up soon um all right so IPR is
definitely one the next would be the quality of your treatment plan and that's where most
General dentists also drop the ball they they're you guys are subscribing to these engines and
I'm not going to say what the engines are and if you watch my videos in my opinion those engines
yeah they're not so good in my opinion so I mean when I look at a case I go oh my god really no
come on man and and there's a reason why the orthodontists don't have access to the engines
right I mean they're trying to make it quick and easy and simple but the outcomes are just not
that good in my opinion I have to keep saying that because and of course I'm not mentioning
what the engines are but Align Technology you know I'm talking about you if you don't like what I'm
recording all you have to do you have to send your lawyers and this is the same thing I have to say
this on every video now with any other company out there if you don't like what I've recorded it's my
honest truth it's my honest opinion as a clinician I'm not getting paid to say something I don't work
for a certain company that is anti-what you do um what the heck but I don't know why that's there
um but um ultimately yeah I'm just not thrilled with what the engines do I really believe that
every single patient has and I don't just believe this is standard of care this is what we're taught
in school this is what dental practice accidental boards insurance companies look for every single
patient deserves to know the risk benefits and Alternatives even if you're not willing to provide
comprehensive care you still need to explain it and or show it or refer them to somebody that can
and this is where I believe in my opinion those I I think it's risky using those and those engines
and again just my opinion Align Technology if you disagree you can shoot me a very nice email and
ask me to take this down and I will but you know I think that if doctors understand a little bit more
what their options are then maybe they'll learn to do things properly you can still give a shortcut
you know anterior only treatment plan but the patients need to understand what ideal is first
okay so that way they can do a clear opt-out on it you know they I understand the risks I understand
the benefits I understand the Alternatives I still choose this shorter and more compromised plan
great I don't have a problem with that in that case anyways so yeah usually it's the treatment
plan isn't great um I have a ton of content if you go to my Invisalign playlist or clear correct
playlist on how to optimize treatment plans otherwise just work with an orthodontist one two
three four ten times you know and there's a lot of us that are doing this out here I just you know
should feel a little sorry for your orthodontist because the industry has changed a lot and you
know it's one of those professions that I think is way oversaturated it wasn't 20 years ago
um and it's definitely declining in terms of need you know with all the new technology out
there and more General dentists doing the work so it is what it is so you know support your
support your orthodontist give them you know compensate them a little bit for doing what
they do so IPR a better treatment plan and lastly of course is the compliance Loop you must have a
quality compliance Loop that doesn't mean taking their word for it that means checking virtually
every single aligner almost every orthodontist I know does this in one way or another might not
be every liner it might be every three aligners virtually and maybe they're coming in the office
every eight to ten aligners but you need to have a tight loop on them you can't just give them a
big box of you know 10 aligners or give them all the aligners and say buy are you wearing it that
does not work okay it's just like working with teenagers you need to have them be checking in
and educating them what tracking is how it works what happens if they go off track how
chewies work when you should use them when you should backtrack and if you educate your patient
on how this works then you should have fewer to no refinements assuming you did the IPR right
and assuming your treatment plan is optimized that's it it's not that
hard aligners are crazy crazy easy if you do those three things all right thanks so much