solutions streetsmouthsolutions.com and today we're going to go dig in deep about our a la
carte case review sessions and i have a ton of faqs on this so already within our faq section if
you want to know basically what the a la carte is you can go to straight straightsmilesolutions.com
click on services and you can see it is a up to a 20 minute session on one case case
of your choice that you want help with treatment planning and let's talk about i'm literally going
to go over every question i've ever had over the last six years on what an all a card is so
um first of all you can pick the case and it can be a case at any stage so it could be a brand new
case it could be your very first case ever in ortho it could be an invisalign case a clear
correct case a white label an off label a liner a sure smile case it could be a braces case it
could be a phase one intercept case you might not even know what type of case this is um but
my suggestion is that you use your case session effectively if you know you want to do aligners
you want to make sure that you have the treatment plan already uploaded within your portal whatever
portal of aligners you've chosen to use and have it ready to review okay so that's the number one
thing if you're doing a liners that you need to do if you're doing braces um it's up to you how
you want to use this i mean my suggestion is that you already have it uploaded into your indirect
bonding portal with the stls ready to review so that way we can check the braces placement however
if you're already good at putting on brackets you've done hundreds of cases you're optimized
then and you're gonna direct bond then no need for that um if you're just wanting to go over basic
wire sequence and mechanics you know we can rough it out but listen we can't go into total detail
because things change everyone you know every appointment our doctors resubmit new photos um
and we go over what wire is next and what ties are next and do we need springs and do we need elastic
so if you could use this for a braces session but it would just be a really really rough outline
it would not be a detailed outline because there's no way we're gonna know that right
but you know rough it out basically um what else if it's phase one interceptive you may not
know what appliances you're gonna use so in that case all we're gonna need is just photos a pano
we might need a ceph we might not so you can schedule it and we can take a brief look at it and
if i think you're gonna need more records then we can always punt that so this is really up to you
and how you want to use your session we're super flexible with this so if we get on the meeting
um and you don't have the necessary records for this you know we've taken a look at the
case and we're like oh you'd need this and that instead um then we will cancel not cancel we will
i'm going to say delay the session we'll stop it you know a few minutes in and we will postpone the
session to another time no additional fee if you did not use the session now if you use the session
for something else or you had 20 minutes worth of questions that's a different story right so um
you know it's up to you so i don't want you to be stressed out if you're like oh my gosh i'm paying
399 plus tax and i don't know what i'm gonna need first of all my suggestion is
tell us before you schedule it you know you can purchase it tell us what you're
thinking about doing hey it's this kind of case and we'll give you a rough idea of what
we think we need for that and like you said if you get on the meeting we get it scheduled
first two minutes and we say hey this is probably not an appropriate case for ortho you know
or for a gp to do ortho because this and that is a jaw surgery case or too much perio it's not going
to happen teeth are going to fall out then in that kind of situation we will just give you a rain
check for an additional case later so hopefully that that helps to quell your worries that you're
going to be wasting money because that that's not our goal at all if it's an inappropriate case
and we decide to postpone the session then you'll get a rain check for another session later
whenever you're ready and you can use it anytime within the next year so no worries on that
um what else let's say for example let's say it's an invisalign case or a clear correct case
or whatever one of these aligner cases on average it takes me two to three versions to get it right
so even though we say one session up to 20 minutes if you choose to end your session you know before
the 20 minutes we quickly go over it we decide we have to meet again and you don't have a bazillion
other questions um then we can go ahead and use your remaining 20 minutes on like that case
for the next time you know just make sure you're really efficient with your time
um to do another go around on it or if there's a case where i'm looking at it and i'm like hey
this could do ipr we could not we could do a lower incisor extraction we could not we could
use sequential digitalization we could not maybe we have three different iterations or versions i'm
all about giving patients options they need to see all their options and they need to understand
their risks their benefits and their alternatives so we can definitely go over that so alternatives
there might be two or three different options there we are sticking you with you with this case
um as long as you're respective of our time and um we can use that 20 minutes and break it up into a
couple different sessions and we can do the next iteration in the next session and that will all be
included so our goal is to stick with you until the clean check or the setup is optimized and if
that takes a couple sessions then so be it there's no additional fee for that now we do not stay with
you if you need a revision or refinement later it does not include that so you have to finish
your sessions um if we're optimizing a setup you know within a reasonable amount of time one or two
weeks you know sure smile can take a little bit longer to get iterations back but you know 10 to
14 days max i would say so it's not revisions and refinement six months two years down the road no
that's an additional fee to be very honest if you are optimizing your clint check at the beginning
you shouldn't have those so you know assuming you are creating an accountability loop for virtual
check-ins that's the only way you're going to reduce your revision's refinements is to create an
accountability loop for virtual check-in whether you're using invisalign virtual which is free for
invisalign cases you're using a line flow you're using dental monitoring you're going to create
your own in-house hipaa compliant product i don't care what you do but you got to do it
because otherwise it's not going to work out i can tell you i've seen and done enough cases to
know that this is the key to success with cases so um so hopefully that answers your questions
you know it's it's really really laid back and anyone that's done a la carte case reviews with
me before i don't feel like anyone felt like they didn't get value out of it um because like i said
if it's not an appropriate case any we can always put your session and you can use a rain check
later so there's really no risk if you're not sure um sometimes we see a case and we're like
hey this is not an appropriate case for sure smile sorry but you can do it invisalign we're going to
go ahead and end that session in the first few minutes and then you can go ahead and submit it
invisalign and we can put that session for later or sometimes we'll see you know a case that's
someone says they're going to do braces on it and i'm like whoa not a great case for braces
here's why let's go ahead and punt this session you can submit it invisalign later and vice versa
so you know there's no real risk in going ahead to book a book a session because where you're going
to get help no matter what whether it's with this case or another case if the case isn't appropriate
and if you don't have all the records is what i'm trying to say we will go ahead and punt
the case until you have all the records and if there's multiple iterations of a clint check or
a clear pilot set up so that the patient has many different options we're going to stick
with you until you have all your different versions of that clinch act or that version
if it's a braces case we would prefer to stay with you until you have the brackets virtually
um on the model okay like i said we give you about a 10 to 14 day window so you need to be efficient
with that you need to be ready to go okay so if you're really dialing that's a different story
but um yeah that's pretty much how it works so i think you'll get a lot out of it great opportunity
to ask all those different questions about what to do how to do it when to do it tracking all those
different things and we our goal is to give you an awesome orthodontic experience with your patients
to have an awesome clinch to have an awesome braces case to feel really comfortable with it
to try new things that maybe you've never tried to try a harder case that maybe you're too afraid
normally to do but you want to know if it's safe to do it and you want someone to hold your hand
just kind of give you all the knowledge you need to optimize that case so that's
how all the cart sessions work if you have any other questions feel free to shoot us an email
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