Add Attachments
Here are the instruments/materials that you will need:
- The patient’s attachment template (bag labeled U-T## and L-T## based on the aligner stage the attachment needs to be added)
- Air/water syringe
- Mirror & Explorer
- Scaler
- Composite filling instrument
- Suction tip
- Cotton rolls
- Rubber dam cheek retractor (or NOLA)
- Microbrush
- Dental etch
- Bonding agent
- Composite resin
- Curing light
- UV blacklight flashlight
- Polishing white stone rounded burr
1. Read any notes in the Office Visit
See if the Orthodontist has left any notes for this Office Visit.
2. Access the iOrtho simulation
- If you need help finding your iOrtho simulation click here
- Select in the simulation bar below the aligner number that the patient is supposed to go into next. This stage should be marked in red on the bar. Now you can move the simulation around to see on which teeth you need to place attachments (a new red blocks will appear on one or multiple teeth). Alternatively, you can find where new attachments are placed in the papers provided in your aligner box.
3. Bond the attachments
Here is a video if you need a reminder on bonding attachments:
4. Give the aligners and the supplies to your patient
See if the patient is running out of aligners or elastics.
5. Resume monitoring
Click on the monitoring “Resume” button and select tomorrow’s date
6. Write clinical notes and update Visit status
Click on “Mark Complete” and add any notes to the Office Visit if any of the planned actions could not be done as planned (e.g. could not bond attachment on tooth #…).
Make sure that you checked all the to-do list and dismiss the patient.