Sure Smile

OrthoDent offers SureSmile (OraMetrix, Inc.), which combines digital 3D Imaging, computer-aided treatment planning and customized archwires to straighten teeth about 40 percent faster than traditional braces. SureSmile allows treatment to be completed with fewer office visits and fewer wire changes, which often means less overall discomfort. The SureSmile technique begins with mapping the path of each patient’s tooth movement before treatment begins using a video camera-like scanning device. The resulting information allows orthodontist to develop a treatment plan based on 3D computer model, replacing the traditional method of using a plaster model and two-dimensional x-rays.

Next, a computer-directed robot custom-creates each patient’s archwires out of a shape memory alloy(SMA) wires, which permanently retain each individual prescription, eliminating the need for orthodontists to bend them by hand. Because high temperatures are require to bend the SMA alloy, introduction of the SureSmile robotic process enabled customized SMA archwires for the first time.