before we begin I want to make sure that you know how to get ahold of me how to
ask questions after this show please do go to my website www.straightsmilesolutions.com
we want to show you a couple of new features that are on there
that maybe you didn't know about if you go to the homepage and this is this I'm
gonna start with number one if you see number one up there there is a button
for a free 20 minute consultation now we're not going to be going over in any
cases in that we're just going to be talking about your practice how we can
optimize it finding ways to be more efficient just talking about different
orthodontic systems you can utilize that 20 minute consultation however you want
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bottom left it's a little camera this is called smile snap so smile Snap is a
virtual consultation tool listen I'm not seeing patients but they were super cool
and they let me use it for a few months so you guys can play with it so I
installed it it was so easy code just drops right in sold it in my
computer you can go ahead and play with it you can change the verbage so I was
kind of using it um if you guys want to communicate with me about a case but you
can use it in your own way um so you should totally check it out for now feel
free to play with it and just do whatever and then on the other end
there's a dashboard so um theoretically I could probably show it to you if you
want to do a screen share but anyways they'll be glad to do a demo if you want
introduction let me know alright and lastly number four you may not be able
to see that up on the top right there's a portal this is our HIPAA compliant
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want really fast responsiveness in a couple other ways but there's about
thirty different ways that we can use to communicate so we'll find the right way
for you and we'll go over all the options with you okay and then don't
forget don't forget we are launching our digital education series not only
digital but we have like hands on like destination where you can go someplace
and learn we have hands on you can do it on your own time digital but you will
get actually a physical kit that you can learn to practice different types of
orthodontic movements and education this is totally customized for you this
is new we literally launched this officially two last week but you can go
to our website if you want information it's because it's customized the price
points also customize so if you're interested let me know what parts you're
interested in and I'll go ahead and send you that information
know it straight smile solutions and you know this is gonna be another one of
those videos it is super popular question that I get almost every day
from either patients or doctors they're like what's the difference between
Invisalign and ClearCorrect which is another brand of aligners is out there
and all these other aligner companies that are springing up and I know I've
already done one video a little bit more just on what they look like but I'm
gonna dive into it a little bit more now let me tell you I'm not working for any
of these companies okay so I work for straight smile solutions we're here to
support dentists to do more ortho to teach them about ortho that's all they
do but I also like to educate you about
different things out there now I'm not even talking about prices okay
obviously if dentists want to you know Spence aligners to their patients to
move their teeth there is a fee that that dentist needs to pay that aligner
company and I'm not going to say what the fees are because the fees are
different for each dentists it really depends on what country you live in how
long the treatment is how much volume you do obviously it's like if you go
Costco or Sam's Club right you're gonna buy say toilet paper in bulk okay well
you're gonna pay less per roll if you're buying not toilet paper in bulk well
you're gonna pay less for a liner if you're buying those aligners in bulk if
you're sending for a lot of patients right so I can't tell you what the price
is for the dentist but I can tell you these are ways that you can get
discounts right so but we're just looking at what these aligners look like
so this one is a clear correct aligner this is in a vis align aligner no
there's no black mark on them normally I crossed out the patients data so you
guys can't see what patients these blown - but you can see just right off the bat
the trim is different the way sorry this is an upper and this is a lower so
obviously I'm not comparing apples with apples but you can see the way that
they're trimmed is different the clarity is a little bit different right there's
a few more things that are different okay and we talked about in the other
video just about the different biomaterial this is obviously
significantly more rigid there's pros and cons to rigidity there's pros and
cons to the trim that's on there okay neither one is better they're just
different and for different cases and different objectives the trim or the
rigidity of the plastic is going to either be a pro or con if that makes any
sense one other thing that Invisalign has
Invisalign does publish that you can do one-week aligner changes okay that's
their published recommendation that's pretty cool clear correct at this moment
is letting the the dentist decide how frequently to do the aligner
changes there's some that do want make this under due two weeks they haven't
yet published that it's a one-week aligner change so in theory right now
Invisalign is the faster brand does that mean it's necessarily faster no because
I know plenty of doctors that do one-week align our changes with clear
correct so I don't really take that but besides that there's a few things that
Invisalign has that Clear Creek does not at the moment right
Invisalign does allow the dentist to build in these what we call precision
cuts that's the thing right there that is something that automatically can be
done when you're designing the aligner so it basically spits out of the machine
like that so that you can hook rubber bands with clear correct at the moment
and any other aligner company that I know of one of there's like 15 other
companies at least in the US alone there's probably hundreds in the world
right now of alternative quote unquote aligner companies and if you're one of
those owners hey tell me about your product because right now I cannot get
the information from your websites and not everything's out there there are
doctors that want us to be comparing apples to apples and these are the only
two products that I know really really well because all your specs are not up
and it's a little frustrating for the doctors but anyways this is great you
can still hook rubber bands to ClearCorrect but you have to manually
add them which is a little bit of a hassle so I mean that's a little bit of
a con some of the other thing that Invisalign has that clear Craig doesn't
have they both can have attachments okay I don't have any on this one right now
they're not built into this liner but they can you can see the little slots
for the attachments are built on there's one right there
pros and cons for those Invisalign has more branded ones so that means they
have all sorts of funky different little shapes that can move teeth maybe more
efficiently depending on the movement but not always so I'd like to tell
doctors hey if you're not sure ask me I'll let you know if you could use an
off label or an off-brand aligner company for this particular case I'll
give you my suggestion or recommendation ultimately you're the dentist but if
it's an average case like kind of middle-of-the-road case it really
doesn't matter I can tell you this straight out which aligner company you
use so yeah you can be saving $1,000 on your lab fees using you know a more
generic aligner company an off-label a b-level a c-level you could totally pass
that savings on to your patient that's the right thing to do you may not do
that you may go buy a car with it but that's pretty much how this works
now if it's a more challenging case and again you may not know this you got to
use this one for sure for sure you're gonna get frustrated so this is why
straight smile solutions is here and help the doctors out you don't want to
make a mistake using the wrong brand the wrong patient don't go cheap and
only use off labels for all sorts of patients because you're gonna get stuck
so in any case that's my tip for you today please if you work for another
aligner company and you dispense the doctors to dentists please send me
samples of your aligners and I will talk about them and I will compare them with
these other companies but I want to know all the specs everything that I just
talked about I want to know the prices I want to know if revisions or refinements
are included I want to know about warranties for lost aligners these are
all things that you need to ask when you're trying to choose an aligner
company what happens if a tooth is missing is the Pontic built in you know
will you pre fill that Pontic for us I don't think anyone does that at the
moment right what is included with the aligners how is the trim right how often
do you recommend the aligner changes our retainers included that's a big question
at the moment I think there's a few that do include it but for sure if you're
comparing apples to apples only ClearCorrect of these two offers free
retainers for the dentists so that basically is a you know $195 value I'd
say right there right off the top and that's something that's gonna be
assessed if you're using this one it's an additional fee or you can make them
on your own but you know you do need to build that into your price structure so
theoretically you know there's so many things to take into account when you're
selecting your aligners and some people are 3d printing their own aligners you
know in their own office just to save significant overhead if you're a techie
that's pretty cool stuff if you have the space to build the lab that's really
cool stuff and if you're interested and learning more about that buzz me I can
connect you with the best vendors out there there's tons of options out there
but we can help find the best option for you alright so anyways I'm done talking
about this but hopefully this answers the most frequent question that I get on
a daily basis thank you so much everyone keep sending those questions send those
questions and if your dentist in your little town or your neighborhood is not
doing aligners or says that you cannot have aligners you need to connect with
me and I will find you one that does first of all you can tell your dentist
to go to straight smile solutions calm and we'll help them do it but connect
with me and I will find you a doctor does I know all the doctors pretty much
all over the world all the doctors all over the world I
know lots of doctors all over the world and if I don't know a doctor in your
area I'll find you one so because you know a small community we're all friends
so let's all help each other out alright anyways straight smile solutions calm
have a fantastic day