Mixed Dentition and Staged Treatment Support offers the ability to start all patients with LightForce knowing that you can submit a second scan to treat any teeth or an entire arch not planned in the original treatment.
STAGED TREATMENT
Cases where one arch is bonded first while the other is not treated for various reasons (ex: surgical cases, expansion is needed with an appliance first, etc.)
MIXED DENTITION
Cases where patients have impacted or unerupted teeth at the time of initial bonding. We can also use this functionality to provide IDB trays for brackets that would have required direct bonding in the first stage (due to crowding, displacement, etc.). Thisis available for all teeth except for 7s. We do not offerstock bracketsfor 7s.
LightForce will provide a second LightPlan incorporating the untreated teeth or untreated arch into the setup from the original plan. Custom brackets and IDB trays for the newly treated teeth will be delivered for your patient (represented in orange).
Mixed Dentition
Staged Treatment
WHY USE MIXED DENTITION OR STAGED TREATMENT WITH LIGHTFORCE?
Start cases sooner with the ability to submit a second scan to incorporate newly erupted teeth or an untreated arch into the LightPlan 1. 2.Use custom bracketsfor teeth that were unerupted or unplanned in the initial LightPlan 3.Increase efficiency with IDB traysfor teeth that are treated in the second stage.
STARTING A CASE FOR MIXED DENTITION OR STAGED TREATMENT
Staged Treatments
If you know that you will be starting treatment with only one arch,select the Staged Treatment Approach in the Initial Case Submission Form. At the first stage, we will only manufacture and ship brackets for the arch that you have chosen to bond first.
Mixed Dentition
In mixed dentition cases, brackets will be made from mirror images of the contralateral tooth (if erupted) or stock brackets will still be included for unerupted/partially erupted teeth, so that you have the option to bond them directly instead of taking a second scan if you prefer.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SECOND SCAN
Remove the archwire from both upper and lower arch
Remove any temporarily bonded appliances (stock brackets, buttons, etc.) on the teeth to bond, as well as all remaining adhesive
Scan both upper and lower arches
Note: You do not need to debond any brackets from the original LightPlan. It is recommended, but not required, to submit updated records.
SUBMITTING A SECOND STAGE SCAN
After the initial LightPlan has shipped, you can submit a second set of scans for any case you would like to treat as Staged/Mixed Dentition. You can do this by navigating to the Patient Page, clicking on the gear icon, and selecting “Add Second Scan” from the dropdown menu.