it's dr amanda with straight smile solutions straight smile solutions.com and today we're going
to talk about the difference between an ios and a clindcheck export two totally different things
doctors get confused but most often or most commonly patients get confused
as to what they're looking at and what it means so if you go into your doctor's office and
you're getting maybe sucked up for invisalign
and you get scanned and the machine will look something like this thing right here
if instantaneously you see your teeth on the computer screen and a little bit of like a
little setup as to what your smile might look like that is an i o s or invisalign outcome simulator
it's just the ai that's built in the software and it's kind of just showing you how your teeth might
look nicer according to the computer it doesn't mean it's exactly what your doctor is going to
do it doesn't really it's exactly how many liners it's going to be it's just a rough estimate kind
of pretty right that's something you get at that appointment that's completely different from a
clean check now your doctor doesn't have to have an itero scanner in order to get a clean check
you might take impressions you might use another type of scanner you might use an itero scanner
lots of different ways that you can get the information all the information is uploaded
along with some photos and maybe an x-ray into the invisalign software your doctor will communicate
with their technicians to get a detailed setup of exactly how they want to move your teeth how they
move how they tip and there's a lot of artistic skills that go into designing a clint check
a really good orthodontist or dentist might take two three four five go rounds to get
this right each go round's gonna take a few days so it usually takes maybe bare minimum one week
if there's a scan to up to three or four weeks to get a really good clean check done this is
not something you're going to have at that first appointment it will take a few weeks
now most commonly the doctor some doctors will call the patients in or they will export the
clint check to the patient there are ways that you can send it just through email um it's a bit of a
process now it's changed a lot so most recently now what will happen is you'll get your doctor
will put your patient information in including your email your phone number your name you'll get
an alert saying there's a clint check ready for you to view you will click on it but you will have
to also download an app and put in some personal information and some codes and other things
in order to be able to view it once you view it will not have your name on it because it has to be
hipaa compliant it'll just be a simulation of your teeth you always want to see your clinch before
you agree to do treatment matter of fact it costs the doctor not a penny in order to be able to set
up that clinch check it takes their time which has a value to it right and resources which have
value to it but it doesn't cost them any dollars so i always strongly recommend that you do not put
a single cent down no matter what they tell you you need to do because you know you don't need to
um until you see that clinch because i think the biggest mistake and matter of fact shop around
because you know what if your doctor is as good as they say they are you will love the clint
check and your doctor will take your feedback you know i don't love the way tooth number 10
looks i'd kind of like it a little more rotated or you know can the teeth come a little more out can
they go a little more back they even have a facial recognition feature where they can put the teeth
on your smile and you can see what it looks like it's really sophisticated and it's really cool and
a really good doctor will want your feedback on the clin check they will want to know what
you think and they will want to know if you have concerns it'll also show you how many
attachments you need where the attachments are it'll also show you if you need interproximal
reduction and where it'll be and how much it'll show you if you need rubber bands and how you'll
wear them how many rubber bands you need how many aligners you'll need and lots of information so
again i want to emphasize you should always ask your doctor to export the clinch check to you
it is something that will happen through email you can't just click on it you're gonna have to put
in some personal information and your doctor will also have to give you your case number in order to
do it but you should always view it and accept it it is not required so it's something you'll
have to most likely ask for it's not gonna just happen unless you ask for it because if
a doctor doesn't have to take that extra step they would rather you just get going and they
may think that you don't care so if you care ask all right hopefully that was helpful thanks