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06 I I MICD _ Inman Aligner _Traditionally, cosmetic dentistry has always been faced with the challenge of treating poorly alignedteeth.Treatmentoptionsavailableformildly and moderately crowded teeth include orthodon- tics and restorative dentistry. Many patients have chosen the restorative approach, for example por- celain veneers, over orthodontic techniques be- cause of longer treatment times combined with either unsightly labial wires and brackets or the expense of ‘invisible’ braces. In cases in which patients choose to have crowded upper and lower anterior teeth treated with veneers, it is extremely challenging to prepare teeth conservatively, owing to their anatomy and the minimum thickness of porcelain required. A difficult balance has to be found between over- preparing the teeth and placing over-contoured restorations. However, owing to the excitement and emotion created by the effect of popular large smile makeovers, aggressive tooth preparations, in which teeth are prepared to stumps, seem to have been accepted as normal practice, simply because there has been no alternative that could achieve the patient’s objectives in a sufficiently short period. Inman Aligners are now offering a minimally invasive alternative to patients in the UK. With only oneappliance,mostAlignercasescanbecompleted insixto16weeks.Inanteriorcrowdingcases,Inman Aligners have proven to be much more time and cost effective than invisible braces or conventional fixed and short-term orthodontics. To date, I have treated about 1,000 cases and have found that case acceptance has been close to 100 per cent, simply becausemanypatientsmuchpreferaremovableso- lution that fits their lifestyle more easily. Treatment can also easily be combined with simultaneous bleaching and final edge-bonding for quick and non-invasive, dramatic results. From this, a new procedure has arisen in cosmetic dentistry—align- ment, bleaching, bonding—which will be covered inthesecondpartofthisseries.Thecasespresented in this article will outline some case types that can be treated. cosmeticdentistry 2_2010 Fig. 1_Side smile view before treatment. Fig. 2_Side smile view after nine weeks with an Inman Aligner. Fig. 2Fig. 1 The InmanAligner— An effective tool for minimally invasive cosmetic dentistry (Part I) Author_ Dr Tif Qureshi, UK

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