Smile Architect: The new standard of care for interdisciplinary rehabilitations

Clear aligner therapy has changed orthodontics incredibly in the last 20 years. The number of adult patients has dramatically increased. A survey by the American Association of Orthodontists stated that 4.37% of orthodontic patients in 1960 were adults, compared with 28.31% in 2016—almost seven times higher.1 A survey analysis on the motivation and behaviour of adult orthodontic patients found that 70.4% had undergone treatment for aesthetic reasons and 41.7% for correction of malocclusion, and that 67.7% of the adult patients were treated with aligner therapy.1 Another survey found that the m