Fireside Conversations 2025 - Tips and Tricks with Aligners

****This Webinar is suitable for all clinicians****

Webinar Summary

This clinical webinar will focus on the basic principles of orthodontic treatment using aligners, including how to look at and modify a clincheck, and choose the best type of attachments for your patient.

Aims

To understand the principles of orthodontic treatment using aligners

To understand how to look at a clincheck and modify it as required

To understand different types of attachments and how to apply them for different types of tooth movements

Objectives

To articulate the principal differences between aligners and fixed appliances

To take more control over their treatment planning by understanding what to look for in the clincheck process and provision of attachments

Hosted By Dr Claire Nightingale BDS MSc MOrth FDS

Dr Claire Nightingale, a highly experienced and multiple prize-winning specialist orthodontist, decided to become an orthodontist at the age of 12, having been inspired by experiencing fantastic care from her own dentist.

Claire qualified from Newcastle University in 1989 and completed her specialist orthodontic training at Bristol University in 1996. She went on to become a Senior Registrar in Orthodontics at the Eastman Dental Hospital, accrediting as a Consultant in 2000. Having been the principal of Queen’s Gate Orthodontics, London since 2012, she partnered with Dentex in 2021. Claire has also been an NHS Consultant at Watford General Hospital since 2004.

Having treated thousands of children and adults with fixed braces, and several hundred patients with Invisalign, Claire has a special interest in working with orthognathic surgeons caring for people with facial deformity and those with sleep apnoea. Consequent to the pandemic, she embraced technology and now 70% of her patients are treated with Invisalign and monitored using Dental Monitoring. Claire is the UK specialist orthodontist for the Invisalign EMEA Advisory Group and a Key Opinion Leader for Dental Monitoring.

Claire was President of the London Dental Fellowship, 2019 - 2021 and is Treasurer of the Women Dentists Network. She is passionate about both clinical orthodontics and business processes. When not treating patients, she enjoys teaching, writing articles, and mentoring young people who wish to become dentists. Hobbies include scuba diving, skiing, swimming, playing chamber music and trying to get her children to tidy their bedrooms.

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