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Airway Orthodontics Under the Microscope | Orthodontics In Interview | Dr. Claudia Pinter "The goal of orthodontics is not occlusion, but jaw development." "It's our job to develop the jaws, and if we don't do our job, other people need to do it-but they can't do it as well.” "I believe that nasal breathing is the foundation of healthy breathing." Airway manage...

“Most orthodontic research looks strong on paper, but when you ask how much actually changes clinical practice, the number is surprisingly low.” “Case reports may sit at the bottom of the evidence pyramid, but without them, there is no science at all.” “We are not just dealing with appliances and scans. We are dealing with biology, data, and human behaviour all at once.” . I’m joined by Nikilesh V...

Attachments - Mistakes, Errors And Solutions | OrthoDontics In Interview | Linton Nash   "When we place attachments, we assume they are accurate,  but small errors in volume, location, plaque, or insertion can completely change the force system." "Sometimes the attachment itself can make movement worse than having no attachment at all." "I'm not trying to eliminate eve...

The BioprogressiveTheory Revisited  | Orthodontics In Interview |  Sergio Sambataro   "Whenyou say Class II, to me, you say nothing. We must look for the etiology of themalocclusion — not just the teeth, but the function behind them."   "Ifyou extrude the upper molar, the condyle goes downward, and you have morevertical growth of the ramus. Ricketts showed this very clearly back in...

"If you anticipate, we can reduce the treatment time with aligners."   "I never look at the simulation as the final outcome. For me, the simulation is only how the forces should be orientated to the teeth."   "Fixed braces are more efficient to treat extraction cases. Not because we cannot do it with aligners, but because aligners need more auxiliaries and more work to ach...

Join me for look at the orthodontic -periodontal interface, the latest evidence looking at the effects of orthodontic tooth movement as well what periodontal surgery can offer in recession management. This podcast is a summary of Christos Kassaro and Anton Spurrier’s excellent lecture, as part of the AngleNet Webinar Series.   Timestamp 0:44 – At 1-year recession risks of orthodontics 2:30 – At 15...

“The reality is none of us use light continuous forces.”   “Friction is awesome. Friction is great, we would be miserable if there was no friction… (with) uncontrolled movement everywhere”   “Segmented arch mechanics are very tough to gain three-dimensional control over the tooth.”   “The last major landmark in fixed appliance and in orthodontics was the pre-adjusted edgewise appliance.”   “The ro...

MISMARPE / DOME what is it?   Join me for a look at maxillary expansion combining both surgery with miniscrews. Seemingly opposite ideas have been brought together to offer potentially greater versatility in expansion, with less surgical complexity andcomplications.       MISMARPE – minimally invasive surgery miniscrew assistedrapid palatal expansion Haas 2021 Or DOME Distraction Osteogenesis Maxi...

Direct To Print Aligners,Will It Change Clear Aligner Therapy? 8 MINUTE SUMMARY   In this episode, I review direct-to-print alignersand how the material offers potential biomechanical advantages through itsmaterial properties when compared with conventional thermoplastic aligners. Theunique feature of force recovery of the material and current emerging evidence. The episode also explores the curre...

Has MARPE Found Its Place?   Join me for our first podcast of 2026 looking at Miniscrew AssistedExpansion, and where this treatment modality currently stands in clinicalpractice. With discussions of different designs (MSE Vs MARPE), rapid andslow activation protocols, orthopaedic effects, and predictors of success .   Thispodcast is a summary based on an excellent lecture from Angle-Net by Daniele...

Reflections on 20 years in Orthodontics | Orthodontics In Interview | BJÖRN LUDWIG “We focused so much ontechnology that maybe we neglected diagnostics.”   “Anecdotal is inspiring,but we need evidence for the average orthodontist.”   “If we don’t protectacademic journals, orthodontics becomes vulnerable,  legally and professionally.”   “Orthodontics grows whenwe are open, critical, and enquiring....

“Even though the panelistswere huge aligner users, the statements are not so in favour of aligners, they are surprisingly reasonable.”   “It’s very difficult to find a real aligner experts without a conflict of interest. Almost impossible.”   “If you explain the differences honestly, most of my extraction patients choose fixed appliances. I’m not selling aligners.”   “Direct printing is the real b...

Retention, What Should We Do Now?   Join me for a update on retention, I explore a review of currentliterature and what the changes are recommended to our retention protocols ,research of stability,  critical look of retainerfailures and factors to consider in design and location of fixedretainers, as well as monitoring recommendations based on Clinical PracticeGuidelines . This podcast is based o...

  “The purpose of Dental Monitoringisn’t to disconnect you from your patient, it’s to make sure you see them atthe right moment for the right reason.”   “Fix problems early andyou don’t have problems. If you intercept an issue straight away, you can oftenavoid side effects altogether.”   “If you don’t change yourprotocol, DM won’t reduce appointments, you do. The technology empowers smarterschedul...

“Will AI it replace the orthodontist? No. Will it replace the bad orthodontist? Hopefully, yes.”   “With AI, you could probably get prediction accuracy down to less than 10% , because it can analyze what the human brain cannot”   “Computers are designed to crunch data. That’s all they do. The rest is up to you.”   “AI is not going away. There are billions invested in this technology. You better ge...

“The biggest variable with any clear aligner treatment is the patient themselves — not the plastic.”   “We must remain the conductors of the orchestra, not the technicians of an algorithm.”   “Aligners are not inferior to fixed appliances — but neither are they magic. The truth lies somewhere in between.”   “Research often lags years behind reality, so we’re not judging today’s aligners with today...

Join me for a podcast summary looking at Ai in orthodonticsand its clinical application. A growing topic in orthodontics, and one of themost featured topics at this years AAO. This summary is based on 3 lectures fromthis year’s summer meeting by Juan Francisco Gonzalez & Jean Marc Retrouvey, Tarek ElShebiny , Jonas Bianchi and Lucia Cevidanes. We will look whatAi is, the way it works and its c...

Can you really treat complex cases with aligners? “We’ve done a study of myextraction cases... when you do one or two sets of additional aligners, thenyou will be able to get everything to ideal”   “I will never try to bring17 and 18 mesial to close space”   “The staging that eachcompany does, it does make a difference. If your technician doesn’t understandhow to move the teeth in the right stages...

Interproximal Reduction, When, Why, and How | 9 MINUTE SUMMARY   In this episode, I dive into the fundamentals of interproximal reduction(IPR) when to use it, why it matters, and how to do it effectively. We’ll cover how much IPR can safely be carried out, compare differentclinical protocols and their pros and cons, and take a critical look at howaligner software plans IPR (and where it may fall s...

Join me for a summary of CBCT use inorthodontics, where I look into the current risk of cancer with CBCT use, the differenceit can make to treatment planning, and the 3 most common incidental findingsorthodontists should be aware of. This was one my highlight lectures from lastyears British Orthodontic Conference by Consultant Dental Radiologist, SimonHarvey.      How much radiation comes from den...

Orthodontics In Interview: Aligners, Limited or Just Misunderstood? tommaso castroflorio   “The biggest difference in overcoming the limitation (of aligners) is to understand how to control aligner deformation”   “We need to improve the available knowledge about aligners, because we need to control the companies, we do not need companies controlling us”   “I think you can treat also complex cases,...

Join me for a summary of recent long-term research of resorbed teeth due to impacted canines. This podcast is based on an excellent lecture by Julia Naoumova delivered at last year’s British Orthodontic Conference. Part 2 with focus on the prognosis of resorbed teeth from impacted canines, and follows on from part 1 with explored outcomes of open Vs closed exposures of impacted canines – see here...

Join me for a summary of the management of impacted canines, the latest evidence regarding different techniques for alignment. This podcast is based on an excellent lecture by Julia Naoumova delivered at last year’s British Orthodontic Conference.  Part 1 will focus on recent findings of a modified open exposure technique Vs closed exposure, in terms of duration but also other key outcomes, health...

Join me for a summary looking at remote monitoring in orthodontic clinical practice, and if it can improve, quicken and enhance orthodontic clinical practice. This podcast is based on an excellent webinar by Jonathan Sandler and Juan Carlos Varela, as part of the Angle-net webinar series. I discuss how Dental Monitoring works, the proposed advantages and a review of the emerging research on this i...

“We do not accept the weaknesses of out appliances as absolutes, but rather we adjust out treatment mechanics to account for them Mazyar Moshiri, “If you are not willing you use elastics – you are not able to get finishing like braces” Mazyar Moshiri “We cannot have a reasonable discussion of efficacy and accuracy until we study the appliance as orthodontic clinicians, and not as scientists Mazyar...