Clinical follow-up of corticotomy-accelerated Invisalign orthodontic treatment with Dental Monitoring

The demand for fast and invisible treatment options for adults has grown. Treatment protocols involving clear aligners in association with alveolar corticotomy have been developed in response to this demand. Alveolar corticotomy surgery can accelerate orthodontic tooth movement, but good clinical follow-up is crucial and can become cumbersome as the frequency of aligner changes accelerates. Clinical monitoring with patient-managed software can be of assistance in such cases. We present the ortho-surgical treatment of a healthy 21-year-old woman with Class III malocclusion who was treated with corticotomy-accelerated presurgical decompensation and clear aligners, followed by mandibular sagittal split osteotomy. Alveolar corticotomy surgery was performed and the aligners were changed every 4 days. Clinical follow-up of aligner-mediated tooth movement was managed with a patient-managed smartphone application, allowing early interception and correction of minute orthodontic movement errors. Such errors would have been difficult to detect considering the rapidity of aligner change when accelerated by alveolar corticotomy. Clinical follow-up with a patient-managed smartphone application could thus allow for better and easier management of corticotomy-accelerated clear aligner orthodontic treatment.