Category: Clinical Tips

Clinical Tips

Managing After-Hours Care With Digital Troubleshooting Tools

When a loose bracket strikes after hours, digital troubleshooting tools can turn panic into protocol—offering step-by-step guidance that keeps minor issues from escalating.

Clinical Tips

Custom by Design: How Digital Bracket and Wire Systems Are Reshaping Orthodontics

Four orthodontists share how digital custom bracket systems are transforming their fixed appliance cases—from treatment planning to patient outcomes—and why they think it’s redefining the standard of care.

Clinical Tips

Airway Friendly Orthodontics Part 1: Diagnosis

Part 1 of a series designed to raise awareness of breathing problems and the procedures currently available to orthodontists.

Aligner Treatment

Digital Expansion with the Invisalign Palatal Expander

The new Invisalign Palatal Expander innovates maxillary skeletal expansion with a custom, removable, no-screw device that allows for a digital workflow, fewer appointments, and improved oral hygiene during treatment.

Brackets and Wires

The 10 Commandments of InBrace Treatment

InBrace has grown and matured into a robust system that is predictable and efficient when these 10 Commandments are followed.

Digital Workflow

Patterson Dental Offers Integrated Solution With DentalXChange

Patterson Dental Supply announced an integrated solution with Dolphin Management and DentalXChange, a revenue cycle management platform.

Patient Hygiene

Adults Focus On Oral Care at Home to Prevent Costly Dental Visits

A majority of adults kept up with their oral hygiene at home motivated to prevent costly dental issues, says a Delta Dental report.

Retention

Innovation Comes to Retention

For father-son orthodontists John B. Benton, Jr, DDS, and J. Barry Benton, DMD, a new permanent bonded lingual retainer fits nicely into their practice’s commitment to an innovative and customized patient experience

Sleep Disordered Breathing

ADA Approves Sleep Apnea CDT Code Changes

The ADA Code Maintenance Committee approved four new codes that clarify the role of dentistry in treating sleep apnea.