Basic Clinical Concepts

Any new technologies or treatment modalities introduced into the market need time and investment for it to be taken up on a large scale. This is equally true for the companies investing heavily in new technologies as much as for the clinicians that need to learn, acquire, and develop the new skills needed to deliver the new applications. Following the initial formative stages, the introduced advances will always undergo a period of adjustment and adaptation with users experiencing continuous improvements of the technologies and/or products over time. This is not different to the specialism of orthodontics in dentistry that has experienced a very rapid introduction and acceptance of the associated digital technologies that nowadays underpins a major percentage of the delivery at a laboratory and at a clinical level.