October 28-30, 2022 бд COEX, Seoul, Korea

Diagnosis and Treatment in Digital Era

Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in the Digital Era

Ashley Smith

I completed my Dental degree and graduated from the University of Queensland (UQ) in 1980. I then completed my masters in Orthodontics (UQ) in 1986. I have been in a private orthodontic practice for over 30 years and actively involved in improving and teaching the best practice for the INSIGNIA and SPARK appliances. I have extensive experience in treating and teaching the management of complex cases, with and without surgery. I have lectured across the world on these topics plus the use of TAD systems to augment control of complex orthodontic a cases.
E-mail: ashley@twmbaortho.com.au

Lecture Description

This lecture outlines the advantages of using digital systems for the diagnosis and treatment planning in Orthodontics. The main improvement in the field of Orthodontics in recent years is the incorporation of the Cone Beam CT (CBCT) Each patient has an optimum arch shape and crown torque.

CBCT shows us the design limits for each patient yet there are many common features to all patients. Digital orthodontics allows the astute Orthodontist to diagnose and digitally design the best orthodontic result for each patient (taking into consideration optimum tooth position, function and aesthetics with full knowledge of the boney limits).

At my practice (Toowoomba Orthodontists) we treat all final phase cases with either fully customized braces (Insignia) or aligners (Spark). We have treated over 5000 Insignia cases and 1000 Spark cases. Both these systems have the advantage of using either library or actual CBCT roots.