Sample case
A clear aligner case, from the scans to the design files
A real case, shown as the dentist sees it: the scans that were sent, the automatic design AlignerBot made in GuideMia OrthoPlus, and the design files of the finalized plan. No account needed.
Upper and lower arches. Plan 1 is the automatic design. The dentist finalized it in the web app with one change, which made plan 2, and the design files are arch models of plan 2, steps 0 to 5.
Step 1
The input: two arch scans
- Upper upper.ply, 10.0 MB
- Lower lower.ply, 3.9 MB
Step 2
The automatic design
How the dentist finalizes the plan
The automatic design is where the dentist starts. In the web app there are three ways to change it, and they can be combined.
Move teeth in 3D
Click a tooth and move its final position: mesial or distal, buccal or lingual, extrusion or intrusion in millimetres, and tip, torque and rotation in degrees. Drag the slider or step by a set amount; the tooth moves in the viewer at once.
- 33 · Distal 0.5 mm
- 12 · Extrusion 0.3 mm
- 22 · Mesial-out 8°
Edit attachments in 3D
Slide an attachment along the crown, turn it, change its width and height, remove it, or add a rectangle on any tooth. OrthoPlus seats each one on the crown in the next plan.
- 31 · Gingival 0.5 mm
- 23 · Add attachment
- 14 · Remove
Write it in words, or say it
Type the change in the instruction box, or dictate it with the microphone. Each instruction is turned into exact steps for the plan, and Preview shows how it was read before anything changes. Some examples:
Moving teeth
- “move 13 distally 1 mm”
- “rotate 22 mesial-out 10 degrees”
- “put 21 back where it started”
Goals
- “tip 12 until it touches the lower teeth”
- “reduce the overjet to 2 mm”
- “close the space between 11 and 21”
Copying and sharing out movement
- “give 23 the same movement as 13”
- “take back half of 13's mesial movement”
Planning again and plan parameters
- “distalize the upper molars 2 mm”
- “only move canine to canine”
Spaces, IPR and the bite
- “no IPR between 11 and 21”
- “allow 0.2 mm IPR between 13 and 14”
Attachments
- “rotation attachment on 23”
- “remove the attachments from 14”
- “no attachments on the upper arch”
Tooth numbers in FDI.
When the changes are in, the dentist presses Send to GuideMia. OrthoPlus applies them, plans the aligner steps again with IPR and attachments, and returns a new plan, usually within minutes and included in the case price. The dentist approves the plan that is right. All instruction examples
Step 3