Remove Attachments
Setting up for your appointment
- Air/water syringe
- Mirror & Explorer
- Flame carbide burr #7901
- Suction tip
Read any notes in the Office Visit
See if the Orthodontist has left any notes for this Office Visit.
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 remove the attachments (a red blocks will disappear on one or multiple teeth when you compare it with the previous aligner number).
Remove the attachments
Here is a video if you need a reminder on removing attachments:
Give the aligners and the supplies to your patient
See if the patient is running out of aligners or elastics.
Resume monitoring
Click on the monitoring “Resume” button and select tomorrow’s date.
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 remove attachment on tooth #…).