Replace Attachments
Setting up for your appointment
- Current aligner
- Air/water syringe
- Mirror & Explorer
- Scaler
- Flame carbide burr #7901
- 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
The Doctor’s note should mention which teeth need their attachments replaced. If there is no note then check the instructions sheet in the patient’s aligner box and compare the attachments with the ones in the patient’s mouth to identify the missing attachment(s)
2. Replace the attachment(s)
Here is a video if you need a reminder on replacing attachments:
3. Give the aligners and the supplies to your patient
See if the patient is running out of aligners or elastics.
4. Resume monitoring
Click on the monitoring “Resume” button and select tomorrow’s date.
5. 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 #…).
Make sure that you checked all the to-do list and dismiss the patient.