Did you know that today there are a number of ways in which you can speed up orthodontic treatment? One way of increasing the the rate of tooth movement is with Propel therapy. By making small osteoperforations with Propel’s patented device, a biological response is stimulated which can reduce treatment time by as much as 50%. At first glance the process appears to be invasive. Contrary to initial impressions, the treatment is extremely simple and essentially painless. This is a short video which depicts each stage of Propel therapy. The steps include:

Disinfection with an antimicrobial rinse
• Anesthesia with a topical anesthetic
• Propel Therapy

To find out more you can visit the Propel Orthodontic website.

Every two years Align Technologies, parent company of Invisalign, hosts a three day conference to educate doctors on the state of the art of their clear aligner appliance. Prior to this year’s event, Align Technologies identified Humphries Orthodontics as one of four offices in North America that consistently produced the fastest 3D intraoral scan times with the iTero scanner. As such, our very own Aileen Maffei was asked to compete in the Iron Records challenge on stage at the Invisalign Summit in front of more than 2500 people.

We are especially proud of Aileen and her effort during the competition. As an office we are so proud to have been involved. Thank you to Daniel, our territory Invisalign sales rep (pictured above), David Rodriguez, and the rest of Align Technologies for allowing us to participate in the 2014 Iron Records competition. Congratulations Aileen!