Align Technology, Inc has launched SmartTrack, the next generation of Invisalign clear aligner material. SmartTrack is a highly elastic new aligner material that delivers gentle, more constant force to improve control of tooth movements with Invisalign clear aligner treatment.
Conventional aligner materials relax and lose a substantial percentage of energy in the initial days of aligner wear, but SmartTrack maintains more constant force over the two weeks that a patient wears the aligners. The flexible SmartTrack material also more precisely conforms to tooth morphology, attachments, and interproximal spaces to improve control of tooth movement throughout treatment. A study of over 1,000 patients treated with Invisalign aligners made with SmartTrack shows statistically significant improvement in control of tooth movements such as rotations and extrusions (p <0.001), compared to patients treated with aligners made with current Invisalign material.
For further information contact Nehal Patel on nehal.patelsavani@hkstrategies.com or 020 7413 3795.
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Next generation aligner material. Br Dent J 214, 314 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2013.309
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2013.309