An Evidence-based Perspective on the Efficacy, Applications, and Clinicians’ 

Perception of Clear Aligners’ Therapy

This lecture will summarize the latest evidence related to the efficacy of clear aligners in achieving various types of tooth movements, their utilization, and predictability in treating different malocclusions including orthognathic surgical cases. In addition to giving an overview of the most common protocols and practices, clinicians implement when using clear aligners in treating their patients. And compare the efficacy of achieving the desired tooth movement between various commercially available aligner systems.

At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Correlate the clinicians’ preferences, practices and protocols related to clear aligner therapy to the current evidence on the efficacy and applications of clear aligners.
• Highlight the latest evidence in relation to clear aligner therapy

Meet the speaker:

Sarah Abu Arqub, BDS, MSc, MDentSc, joined the UF College of Dentistry on July 1 as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Orthodontics. Abu Arqub is teaching both pre-doctoral and graduate dental students in clinical and didactic courses, and is serving as a mentor for orthodontics resident master’s projects, intern projects and dental student projects. She is also providing patient care in UF Health Dentistry’s Orthodontics Faculty Practice in Gainesville. She’s a member of the International Association for Dental Research, the American Association for Dental Research, the American Association of Orthodontics and the Jordanian Dental Association.