In-House Clear Aligner Design and Printing

The user nowadays has the facility to opt if desirable, to print their in-house clear aligners. With the introduction of aligners by Invisalign Inc., San Jose, CA, USA, the popularity and trend to use aligners can only increase at a very rapid pace in the near and distant future. The advancement in the segmentation techniques of individual teeth with the existing CAD/CAM software programmes make this prospect extremely tangible, manageable, and feasible economically even on a very small scale. The user in addition to this possibility is also given further control such as complete customisation of the aligners with regards to thickness, extension, and amount of teeth to move. This chapter aims to describe the advantages, details, processes, and steps needed to be able to provide this type of workflow even on a small scale such as in a small independent specialist practice.