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Fig 4: Impression scan for a Mock-Up of aligners post Inter-Proximal Fig 5: Digital Sectioning of the Pre and Post so the inclination can be
Reduction so the patient can get a true representation of the planned appreciated as well as the facial representations.
treatment.

Fig 6: Final pre-treatment scan post whitening. The patient is able to Fig 7: Intraoral picture post Philips Zoom teeth whitening
appreciate the change in shade of her teeth. treatment.

Fig 8: Intraoral patient monitoring scan to encourage the patient that their Fig 9: Patient’s smile while wearing aligners, showing how aligner
compliance leads to faster and more predictable results. therapy is practically invisible.

must be new, with the evolved predicaments of the patient, to ensure to tell us about Bolton’s discrepancies in tooth material and the shape
correct treatment of the same. After thorough counselling and mock of teeth matching the personality of the patient, the latter subject
ups, the practitioner can now offer a plan which not just achieves the to vigorous discussion with the patient due to its ambivalent and
alignment, but also aesthetically matches the patients expectations subjective nature. If the treatment of a relapse can be enhanced one
within the realm of possibility. can use small elective treatments like teeth whitening, enameloplasty,
Not all teeth are created equal, and a quick holistic analysis is able interproximal reduction, veneers and thineers .
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