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Treatment Plan : IPR done in upper arch for alignment and proclination correction Planning done making sure there is no collision of teeth while alignment is done. Lower arch alignment done using expansion.

Case Type: Lite category (21 sets)

Attachments:Retentive attachments - 16, 13, 23, 26, 36, 34, 44, 46. Vertical Attachments – 11. Button attachments for class 2 elastics– 13, 23, 36, 46

Duration of Treatment: 13 months including refinements

Critical Appraisal: : Good finish achieved in stipulated time frame. Good class I molar relationship achieved after using class 2 elastics.

Retention Protocol:: Upper and lower lingual bonded retianer. Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :Lower Spaces closed and upper alignment completed.

Case Type: (20 sets )

Attachments:Retentive attachments: 16, 12, 22, 26, 36, 34,44, 46

Duration of Treatment:10 months

Critical Appraisal: Results achieved in time Bite settling required.

Retention Protocol:Frenectomy and Upper and lower fixed retention and Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan : : IPR done for gaining space for crowding correction & proclination. Controlled torque given while tipping the teeth. Maximum correction done without extraction of teeth, as patient didn’t want extraction at all.

Case Type: (22 sets )

Attachments: Retentive attachments - 16, 14, 24, 26, 36, 34, 44, 46. De-rotation attachments – 11, 21

Duration of Treatment: 11 months.

Critical Appraisal: Better alignment could have been achieved.

Retention Protocol: Upper and lower lingual bonded retianer. Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :: Controlled tipping planned to close upper and lower spaces. Anterior open bite closed by retraction of the anterior teeth. IPR has been done in upper and lower arch for reducing the proclination

Case Type: : Lite category (14 sets)

Attachments:: Retentive attachments - 16, 26, 36, 34, 44, 46. Extrusion Attachments – 12, 22.. Vertical Attachments – 32, 31, 41, 42

Duration of Treatment: 7 months.

Critical Appraisal: Good results achieved within stipulated time frame. Some periodontal intervention might be needed

Retention Protocol: Upper and lower lingual bonded retianer. Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :: Spaces closed and proclination corrected

Case Type: (32 sets )

Attachments: : Retentive attachments: 16, 26, 36, 46. Mesiodistal Attachment – 13,23, 33,43

Duration of Treatment: 16 months

Critical Appraisal: Results achieved in time Bite settling required

Retention Protocol: : Frenectomy and Upper and lower fixed retention and Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year

Treatment Plan : Spaces closed and proclination corrected.

Case Type: (14 sets )

Attachments: : Retentive attachments: 16, 12, 22, 26, 36, 34, 44, 46. Mesiodistal Attachment – 11, 21.

Duration of Treatment: 7 months

Critical Appraisal: : Results achieved in time Bite settling required.

Retention Protocol: : Frenectomy and Upper and lower fixed retention and Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan : : Controlled tipping of upper and lower anteriors for space closure. Controlled torque given while tipping the teeth

Case Type: Lite category (18 sets)

Attachments:: Retentive attachments - 16, 26, 36, 34, 44, 46. Extrusion attachments – 12, 22

Duration of Treatment: 12 months including refinements

Critical Appraisal: : Good finish achieved in stipulated time frame.

Retention Protocol:: : Upper and lower lingual bonded retianer. Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :Lower Spaces closed and upper alignment completed.

Case Type: (20 sets )

Attachments:Retentive attachments: 16, 12, 22, 26, 36, 34,44, 46

Duration of Treatment:6 months

Critical Appraisal: : Results achieved in time Bite settling required.

Retention Protocol:Frenectomy and Upper and lower fixed retention and Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year

Treatment Plan : Deciduous extraction Spaces closed

Case Type: (42 sets )

Attachments: Retentive attachments: 16, 14, 12, 22, 24, 26, 36, 34, 32, 42, 44, 46

Duration of Treatment: 21 months.

Critical Appraisal: : Results achieved in time Bite settling required

Retention Protocol: : Frenectomy and Upper and lower fixed retention and Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :: Controlled tipping of upper and lower anteriors for space closure Controlled torque given while tipping the teeth. Case planned without involving the deciduous canines.

Case Type: Lite category (9 sets).

Attachments:: Retentive attachments - 16, 26, 36, 34, 44, 46. Vertical Attachments - 32, 42. Extrusion attachments - 11, 12, 22

Duration of Treatment: 5 months.

Critical Appraisal: : Good finish achieved in stipulated time frame.

Retention Protocol:: Upper and lower lingual bonded retianer. Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :: Crowding corrected.

Case Type: (21 sets )

Attachments:Retentive attachments: 16, 12, 22, 26, 36, 33,43,46

Duration of Treatment: 10.5 months

Critical Appraisal: Results achieved in time Bite settling required.

Retention Protocol:Upper and lower fixed retention and Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :Controlled tipping of upper and lower anteriors for space closure. Retraction done using existing spaces to correct proclination. Frenectomy advised for high frenal attachment after 12th aligner.

Case Type: (16 sets )

Attachments: Retentive Attachments - 16, 26, 36, 34, 44, 46. Extrusion Attachments - 12, 22. Biplanar Attachments – 11, 21

Duration of Treatment: 8 months

Critical Appraisal: Good finish achieved in stipulated time frame. Tighter contacts could have been achieved with refinement aligners.

Retention Protocol: Upper and lower lingual bonded retianer. Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :: Controlled tipping of upper anteriors for space closure Alignment of lower arch done using IPR.

Case Type: Lite category (28 sets)

Attachments:Retentive attachments - 16, 23, 26, 36, 33, 43, 46. Root Control Attachments – 11, 21. Extrusion attachments - 12, 22.

Duration of Treatment: 14 months

Critical Appraisal: Good finish achieved in stipulated time frame.

Retention Protocol:Upper and lower lingual bonded retianer. Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :Controlled tipping of upper anterior teeth to close existing spaces. Alignment of lower anteriors done using IPR to create enough space

Case Type: (10 sets )

Attachments:Retentive attachments – 16, 26, 34, 44, 46 Extrusion Attachments – 12, 22.

Duration of Treatment: 7 months including refinements.

Critical Appraisal: Good results achieved in stipulated time.

Retention Protocol:Upper and lower lingual bonded retianer. Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :Controlled tipping of upper and lower anteriors Expansion done in anterior region for alignment of teeth Severely malpositioned premolars not corrected as it is beyond the scope of aligner therapy.

Case Type: Intermediate (23 sets)

Attachments: Retentive attachments - 16, 14, 24, 26, 36, 34, 44, 46. Rotation Attachments - 11, 12, 13, 23 Biplanar attachments - 22

Duration of Treatment: 11 & ½ months

Critical Appraisal: Good finish achieved in stipulated time frame. Better results could have been achieved with a few refinement sets.

Retention Protocol:Upper and lower lingual bonded retianer. Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :Spaces closed.

Case Type: (25 sets)

Attachments:: Retentive attachments 16, 12, 22, 26, 36, 34,44,46 Mesiodistal Attachment- 13,11,21,23,33,43.

Duration of Treatment: 7 months.

Critical Appraisal: Results achieved in time Bite settling required.

Retention Protocol:Frenectomy and Upper and lower fixed retention and Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :Controlled tipping of upper anteriors for space closure Intrusion planned with upper anteriors for bite correction. Alignment of lower arch done using IPR.

Case Type: (25 sets )

Attachments:Retentive attachments - 16, 14, 24, 26, 36, 34, 44, 46. Extrusion attachments - 12, 22

Duration of Treatment: : 14 months including refinement

Critical Appraisal: Good finish achieved in stipulated time frame

Retention Protocol: : Upper and lower lingual bonded retianer, Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :: Controlled tipping of upper and lower anteriors for space closure. IPR done with lower anteriors for Bolton’s discrepancy. IPR done with upper anterior for eliminating black triangles formed during space closure.

Case Type: (30 sets )

Attachments: Retentive Attachments - 16, 14, 24, 26, 36, 34, 44, 46. Extrusion Attachments - 12, 22. Vertical Attachments – 32, 42.

Duration of Treatment: 15 months

Critical Appraisal: Good finish achieved in stipulated time frame.

Retention Protocol:Upper and lower lingual bonded retianer. Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan : Spaces closed.

Case Type: (23 sets)

Attachments:Retentive attachments - 16, 14, 12, 22, 24, 26, 36, 32, 42, 46

Duration of Treatment: 11.5 months including refinements

Critical Appraisal: Results achieved in time, Bite settling required.

Retention Protocol:Frenectomy, upper and lower fixed retention & removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :: Openbite closed, protrusion corrected corrected using IPR.

Case Type: (28 sets )

Attachments:Retentive attachments - 16, 12, 22, 26, 36, 46 Button with elastics - 13 to 23 & 33 to 43 with box elastics.

Duration of Treatment:14 months

Critical Appraisal: Results achieved in time Bite settling required.

Retention Protocol:Frenectomy, Upper and lower fixed retention and removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year.

Treatment Plan :Upper spaces closed and lower Crowding corrected.

Case Type: (16 sets )

Attachments:: Retentive attachments: 17, 15, 12, 22, 24, 27, 36, 34,44. De-rotation attachments – 11, 21

Duration of Treatment: 8 months.

Critical Appraisal: Results achieved in time Bite settling required.

Retention Protocol: Frenectomy and Upper and lower fixed retention and Removable essix retainer at night time wear for 1 year