Align Technology Connects With Over 1,000 Doctors and Practice Staff at the 2023 Invisalign™ GP Summit Where Leaders in Digital Orthodontics and Restorative Dentistry Share Best Practices for Leading Transformation in Dentistry
September 19 2023 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Company Features Latest Innovations Across
the Align Digital Platform™ Designed to Provide a Seamless
Experience and Workflow that Integrates and Connects all Users –
Doctors, Labs, Patients, and Consumers
Align Technology, Inc. (“Align”) (Nasdaq: ALGN) a leading global
medical device company that designs, manufactures, and sells the
Invisalign System of clear aligners, iTero™ intraoral scanners, and
exocad™ CAD/CAM software for digital orthodontics and restorative
dentistry, today shared highlights from the 2023 Invisalign GP
Summit, the Company’s premier clinical education and networking
experience designed to help doctors transform and grow their
practice with Invisalign® clear aligners, iTero scanners, and the
Align Digital Platform™. Over the course of three days, more than
1,000 doctors and practice team members from across North America
came together, alongside Align and peer-to-peer speakers to share
treatment and workflow best practices, hands-on experiences to
sharpen clinical skills, and practice growth and marketing
strategies.
A key component of the Summit featured recent Align innovations
that were developed to enhance the Invisalign treatment experience
across the Align Digital Platform, a proprietary combination of
software, systems, and services designed to provide a seamless
experience and workflow that integrates and connects all users –
doctors, labs, patients, and consumers.
Together these technologies further revolutionize digital
treatment planning for orthodontics and restorative dentistry by
providing doctors with greater flexibility, real-time treatment
plan modification capabilities and digital solutions to help
improve practice productivity and patient experience. Innovations
that featured prominently in peer to peer presentations included
ClinCheck® Live Update for 3D controls, Invisalign® Practice App,
Invisalign® Personalized Plan (IPP), and Invisalign Smile
Architect,™ iTero-exocad Connector,™ Invisalign® Outcome Simulator
Pro, and Invisalign® Virtual Care AI software. In addition, the
importance of using tooth movement prior to restorative procedures
to improve quality of restorations for patients was a common theme
presented by doctors and the opportunity to change the standard of
care for patients by incorporating tooth movement in everyday
dentistry, not only for esthetics but function.
Several upcoming innovations were announced during the week of
Invisalign GP Summit, including the Invisalign® Palatal Expander
System, Plan Editor, SmartForce® attachment-free aligner activation
feature, and new software innovations that will harness the power
of data driven insights from more than 15.7 million Invisalign
treated patients to enhance patient satisfaction, and support
practice efficiency and digital practice workflows.
Dr. Mitra Derakhshan, Align senior vice president Global
Clinical said, “We appreciate that doctors are focused on clinical
excellence that addresses the unique needs of each patient. For
that reason, we develop innovations that enable more personalized
care and treatment planning, from initial iTero scan and chairside
visualization to digital treatment planning to aligner delivery and
treatment monitoring. The innovations highlighted at the 2023
Invisalign GP Summit represent a multi-year journey to deliver a
customer experience that demonstrates quality and consistency of
case set up and enables doctors to provide a highly customized
Invisalign treatment experience and superior clinical outcomes
whether for orthodontics alone or tooth movement in combination
with restorative procedures.”
“Innovations from Align have transformed the way I practice
dentistry and enabled me to achieve the highest-level clinical
outcome together with maximum convenience for my dental practice
and patients,” said Dr. David Galler, a dentist originally from New
York City who has been at the forefront of innovations with Align.
“I’m able to apply my specific treatment preferences with IPP and
ClinCheck Live Update for 3D controls, help patients visualize
their future smile with the iTero scanner, and quickly begin the
workflow toward Invisalign aligner delivery and then monitor
Invisalign treatment progress with Invisalign Virtual Care AI.”
Dr. Galler’s presentation at the 2023 Invisalign GP Summit
brought his treatment workflows to life on stage and demonstrated
how he uses Invisalign System and iTero scanner innovations to
provide excellent patient treatment experiences from first scan
through Invisalign treatment and retention with Vivera™
retainers.
A description and link to more information about the recent
Align Digital Platform innovations is provided below:
- ClinCheck Live Update for 3D controls [link:
https://investor.aligntech.com/news-releases/news-release-details/align-technology-continues-revolutionize-orthodontic-and]-
enables real-time ClinCheck treatment plan modifications that
improve practice productivity significantly, while also improving
quality of treatment plans
- Invisalign Practice App [link:
https://investor.aligntech.com/news-releases/news-release-details/align-technology-continues-revolutionize-orthodontic-and]-
provides mobile integration with the Invisalign Doctor Site (IDS)
and enables doctors to manage their practice at their
fingertips.
- Invisalign Personalized Plan (IPP) [link:
https://investor.aligntech.com/news-releases/news-release-details/align-technology-continues-revolutionize-orthodontic-and]-
automatically applies a doctor’s specific treatment preferences for
comprehensive cases, enhancing efficiency and step-changing
treatment planning consistency.
- Invisalign Smile Architect software [link:
https://investor.aligntech.com/news-releases/news-release-details/align-technology-continues-revolutionize-orthodontic-and]-
is designed for GP dentists to create and visualize
orthodontic-restorative treatment plans for their patients using
iTero digital scans, and wide-smile photo on the Invisalign Go
platform.
- Invisalign® Palatal Expander System [link:
https://investor.aligntech.com/news-releases/news-release-details/align-technology-introduces-invisalignr-palatal-expander-system]-
Align’s first direct 3D printed orthodontic device and provides a
safe, comfortable, and clinically effective* alternative to metal
palatal expanders that require manually turning a screw in the
device in the mouth daily to achieve expansion. Not commercially
available. Pending 510(k) clearance in the US.
- Plan Editor in ClinCheck® treatment planning software
[link:
https://investor.aligntech.com/news-releases/news-release-details/align-technology-introduces-invisalignr-system-innovation]-
a new tool in the Plan stage of the Align digital workflow enables
enhanced flexibility and customization in Invisalign treatment
planning for Invisalign trained orthodontists and general
practitioner (GP) dentists.
- SmartForce® attachment-free aligner activation feature
[link:
https://investor.aligntech.com/news-releases/news-release-details/align-technology-introduces-new-smartforcetm-attachment-free]-
reduces the need for attachments and offers a more aesthetic
solution for an enhanced Invisalign patient experience. Feature
under development. Not commercially available.
- New software innovations [link:
https://investor.aligntech.com/news-releases/news-release-details/align-technology-introduces-new-software-innovations-designed]-
to accelerate digital practice transformation.
- Customer Education and Training [link:
https://investor.aligntech.com/news-releases/news-release-details/align-technology-launches-customer-education-and-training-center]-
new customer education and training center in Toronto, Canada to
promote professional engagement and training about Invisalign clear
aligners, iTero scanners and the Align Digital Platform™ for Align
customers.
- Vivera™ Retainer Subscription Direct Ship to Patient
feature [link:
https://investor.aligntech.com/news-releases/news-release-details/align-technology-introduces-new-vivera-retainer-doctor-enabled]-
creates a more patient friendly workflow for doctors to offer
retainers to their patients and reduces the need for patients to
make time consuming unnecessary trips to their doctor’s office to
pick up their repeat Vivera retainer orders.
About Align Technology, Inc.
Align Technology designs and manufactures the Invisalign®
System, the most advanced clear aligner system in the world, iTero™
intraoral scanners and services, and exocad™ CAD/CAM software.
These technology building blocks enable enhanced digital
orthodontic and restorative workflows to improve patient outcomes
and practice efficiencies for approximately 247 thousand doctor
customers and are key to accessing Align’s 500 million consumer
market opportunity worldwide. Over the past 26 years, Align has
helped doctors treat over 15.7 million patients with the Invisalign
System and is driving the evolution in digital dentistry through
the Align Digital Platform™, our integrated suite of unique,
proprietary technologies and services delivered as a seamless,
end-to-end solution for patients and consumers, orthodontists and
GP dentists, and lab/partners. Visit www.aligntech.com for more
information.
For additional information about the Invisalign System or to
find an Invisalign doctor in your area, please visit
www.invisalign.com. For additional information about the iTero
digital scanning system, please visit www.itero.com. For additional
information about exocad dental CAD/CAM offerings and a list of
exocad reseller partners, please visit www.exocad.com.
Invisalign, iTero, exocad, Align, and Align Digital Platform are
trademarks of Align Technology, Inc.
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