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Three-Dimensional Treatment Letter: Modernizing Communication

Dentistry Today

Intraoral scanners facilitate sharing of digital records, including STL files that are transformed in treatment planning software into 3D representations of the progression from current to final patient outcomes. Research supports the theory that digital tools improve the interdisciplinary orthodontic treatment of adults.

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Demystifying Computer-Assisted Design

Dentistry Today

The patient first presented to the office with orthodontic brackets in place. Dentofacial, the patient was high-risk with a poor prognosis for a successful aesthetic outcome because everything that needed to be restored was visible. Int J Prosthodont. Initial and final traced lateral cephalometric radiographs. 2004;16(1):7–18.