Below, we've outlined clear aligner and retainer scanning best practice techniques that will increase the likelihood of success for your case:
Room Set Up
- Turn off any overhead dental lighting and loupe lights while scanning.
Scanner Prep
- Make sure to calibrate the scanner regularly to ensure accurate and smooth scanning.
Patient Positioning
- Retraction of cheeks, lips, and tongue is essential.
- Have the patient close halfway to create space for your scanner.
- This will ensure that you capture the distal surface of the posterior-most teeth in both arches, which is a key area to capture.
Intraoral Scanning
- Always turn on your scanner over the occlusal surface of a molar/premolar when beginning a scan.
- Please scan both full arches to completion.