Category: Auxiliaries

Auxiliaries

Desktop Health’s SmileGuard Resin Receives FDA Clearance

The FDA cleared Desktop Health’s SmileGuard resin for fabricating 3D-printed bite splints and mouth guards.

Treatment Products

Industry Veteran John Nabors Launches FirstClass Aligners

The company offers 3D case designs, aligners, retainers, and intraoral scanner technology, with the goal of making mild to moderate aligner treatment more accessible and effective.

Bands, Buccal Tubes, Burs, Elastics & Elastomerics

AOA Introduces 3D Metal Printed Appliances

The 3D metal appliances being offered include lingual arches, Nance buttons, trans palatal arches, Haas, Hawley, rapid palatal expanders, and band and loop appliances.

Functional Appliances

A Minimalist Approach

With Minimum Touch Orthodontics, John Graham, DDS, MD, has a treatment workflow that meets the needs of the “customer”

Palatal Expanders

Industry Insider: A New Take on Maxillary Expansion

LeoneAmerica Dental Products talks about how its new take on the rapid palatal expander gives orthodontists more control

Retainers

Next Orthodontic Products Webinar Focuses on Retention and Vivera Retainers

The July 14 webinar, featuring David R. Boschken, DMD, will focus on lifelong retention as the key to patient success, the benefits of a digital retention solution, and best practices for talking to patients about retention.

Sleep Related

Dr Joseph Yousefian on the Orthodontist’s Role in Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Learn about his methodology for treating OSA, the oral appliances he relies on, and his advice for how to implement dental sleep medicine into the practice.

TADs

Maxillary Impaction with Aligners, TADs, and Low Pulsatile Forces

How to meet the aesthetic demands and time constraints of the complex Class I case