Welcome!

Included with this Seminar are:

• Hands-on case assessment, interproximal reduction, and bonding attachments
• 8 CE credits
• Seminar notes
• Provider guide with resources and marketing tips
• Free practice listing on our patient website
• Ongoing, free clinical support (includes case selection, midtreatment, and finishing)
• Access to our complete Knowledge Base with whitepapers, articles, videos, and marketing materials
• Free marketing brochures
• The knowledge and confidence needed to treat your patients with Invisible Aligners!

The 1-day aligner course is devoted exclusively to aligner treatment and techniques, and has hands-on exercises that are more pertinent to aligner therapy.  This course does not cover how to treat patients with clear braces.  If you just want to incorporate aligner therapy in your practice, this course is ideal for you.

The Six Month Smiles Aligner Seminar is more than just a 1-Day seminar that teaches you how to treat patients with Aligners. It's a gateway to greater things: 

• Learn advanced aligner treatment and techniques. Improve your hands-on skills for carrying out IPR and bonding attachments.
• Joining a community of thousands of GP's like you, who are interested in providing the best care for their patients.
• Expanded opportunities to learn more about short-term orthodontics via the free webinars and resources available upon training.
• Ability to seamlessly transition into offering clear braces or mixed appliances (invisible aligners on the top arch, clear braces on the bottom arch).
• Use of the Six Month Smiles Online Forum with thousands of case reviews and free clinical support. 

The 2-day Level 1 course covers Six Month Smiles treatment philosophy,  short-term orthodontic principles with a greater emphasis on the mechanics of fixed appliances.  Aligner therapy is additionally covered, as a sub-section of the 2-day course.  Attending the Level 1 course may be better for you if:

• You want to provide orthodontic therapy for your adult patients utilizing fixed and removable appliances
• You already provide orthodontic therapy using aligners and now want to learn more about fixed appliances
• You want to focus more on fixed appliances

Correspondingly, the 1-Day Aligner Course may be right for you, if: 

• You are new to orthodontics and want to start treating patients with aligners
• You are already treating patients with aligners but want to enhance your knowledge and skills to carry out aligner therapy
• You want to learn the capabilities and limitations of aligners

Our Aligners are ideal for patients with mild to moderate crowding (7-10 mm) and spaced cases (5-7 mm). We cannot actively address open/deep bites but some improvement will occur due to relative intrusion/ extrusion. Similarly, crossbites (anterior only) may only be corrected if the roots are favorably positioned.

This product includes a maximum of 20 active Aligners/arch + 2 refinements. If an Aligner outcome is possible, we will show you a 360º simulation and, if necessary, recommend Clear Braces and Mixed Appliance options (Braces on one arch, or Braces on both arches).

After completing our 1-day Aligner Seminar you will be able to start treating your patients with our Invisible Aligners and Relapse Aligners. If you are interested in treating your patients with our Clear Braces or Mixed Appliances (Invisible Aligners on the top arch and Clear Braces on the lower arch) you would need to complete our 2-Day Level 1 Seminar.

Six Month Smiles provides faster treatment times (average of 6-10 months), with either Aligners or Braces, depending upon case complexity. We will demonstrate how much movement is achieved with Aligners, enabling patients and dentists to make informed decisions on selecting Aligners or Braces. Our ability to move teeth fast is enhanced by our digital analysis expertise and the selection of the right appliance for each case.

We offer realistic treatment plans that will result in fewer refinements for each case. Our treatment plans are developed by orthodontists, not machines or technicians. If Aligner treatment isn’t the best solution for your patient, our CONFIDEX™ treatment planners will advise you of Clear Braces and mixed appliance options.

Yes, at our 2-Day Level 1 Seminar you will learn how to treat patients with both our Invisible Aligners and Clear Braces, as well as Mixed Appliances (Invisible Aligners on the top arch and Clear Braces on the bottom arch).

If you are a Six Month Smiles Provider who has already completed our 2-Day Level 1 Seminar, it isn't required for you to attend this Aligners Seminar to begin treating your patients with aligners. You already have the short-term orthodontic principles learned from our Level 1 Seminar. 

We do highly encourage and recommend you to view the Aligner training videos that are available on the Provider Resource Center or Case Portal before beginning treatment with our Aligners. As always, if you have additional questions, please feel free to chat with us or email us at customercare@sixmonthsmiles.com.

Our reattend for free policy applies only to our 2-Day Level 1 Seminars and doesn't apply to our 1-Day Aligner Seminars. If you are interested in learning more about aligners, please log into the Provider Resource Center, where we have a multitude of training videos and resources for you to view. If you have additional questions, please feel free to post them to our Online Forum (also available within the Provider Resource Center), or contact us at customercare@sixmonthsmiles.com with any questions you may have. 

We accept the following types of scans:

• North America & Europe: Trios (3Shape). This portal is called “3Shape Communicate".
• North America: CEREC (Sirona). This portal is called “Sirona Connect”.
• North America: iTero (Align). This portal is called “MyAlignTech”.
• Open source STL files and impressions can also be submitted.