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Align - Invisalign System
The Invisalign system is the most advanced clear aligner system in the world. Backed by two decades of innovation, the Invisalign system has helped bring smiles to over 9.6 million people including over 2.4 million teens.
The Invisalign system is used for straightening teeth with a series of custom-made aligners for each patient. It is a combination of proprietary virtual modeling software, rapid manufacturing processes and mass customization, and custom-made aligners with patented aligner material.
Used to treat a wide range of clinical situations, Invisalign treatment options address simple to complex cases and post-treatment retention. The Invisalign system is powered by three key elements:
- SmartTrack material. Align Technology’s own patented aligner material that provides gentle, more constant forces to improve control of tooth movements. After testing 260 different materials, our material on average enables faster treatment.
- SmartStaging technology. Programming each tooth movement in a certain sequence, at the right time to achieve optimal outcomes and greater predictability.
- SmartForce features. Attachments and features designed into the aligners deliver the precise forces when needed to achieve more predictable tooth movements. The Invisalign system is the only system in the world with features such as Bite Ramps, Precision Cuts, Power Ridge to help address a wide range of clinical situations.
The Invisalign system is prescribed to patients through Invisalign-trained orthodontists or general practitioner dentists (GP dentists). Align provides clinical education programs and the tools needed for orthodontists or GP dentists to offer Invisalign treatment options in their practices. Patient pricing for Invisalign products is determined by the doctor, depending on the treatment plan.
SmartForce aligner activation provides greater control and improved clinical predictability.
With Invisalign G8, SmartForce technology is even smarter
SmartForce aligner activation specifically contours select areas on the aligner’s surface to create strategic contact areas on the tooth surface.
This provides improved clinical predictability for the challenges doctors encounter most frequently.
- Improvements to predictability in deep bite correction
- Anterior intrusion solution with SmartForce aligner activation
- Improvements to leveling of the curve of spee
- Automatic placement of precision bite ramps for lower intrusion
- Improvements to predictability in moderate/severe crowding and cross bite cases
- Posterior arch expansion solution with SmartForce optimized attachments & aligner activation
- Reduction in the likelihood of posterior open bite (POB)