August 2024 Issue Highlights Improved Biomechanical Control with Spark Aligner Approver Root-Visualization Software Spark Aligner Approver’s root-visualization feature allows dental root shapes to be considered when planning aligner treatment. Dr. Pinter demonstrates the use of this software to determine whether relative or absolute extrusion of the upper incisors is indicated and to stage the required movements.

August 2024 Issue Highlights CASE REPORT Class III Treatment with Skeletal Alternating Rapid Maxillary Expansion and Constriction Protocol and Facemask Followed by Clear Aligners In this case report, Drs. Palone, Guiducci, Albertini, Cremonini, and Lombardo treat a skeletal Class III case with a two-phase approach involving the SKAR III protocol and a facemask in Phase I and clear aligners in Phase II.

August 2024 Issue Highlights Mesialslider for Treatment of Congenitally Missing Upper Lateral Incisors The Mesialslider enables clinicians to protract the posterior teeth without unintended changes in tooth positions. Drs. Campoy Ferrer, Northway, and Wilmes present the use of this appliance to treat a 16-year-old patient with missing upper lateral incisors.

August 2024 Issue Highlights MANAGEMENT & MARKETING Ask Ann Marie: How Can I Improve My Employees' Performance GORCZYCA PEARLS Single-Tooth Gingivectomy with a Ceramic Bur HUANG, HAYES, WEISSHEIMER, KRAVITZ CASE REPORT Herbst Appliance with Four-Miniscrew Anchorage for Mandibular Advancement after the Pubertal Peak MANNI, BOGGIO, CALDARA, GASTALDI, COZZANI Orthodontic Treatment of an Adult Patient with Cleft Lip and PalateFree Access OSCAR MARIO ANTELO, JORGE ANTELO, GASPARELLO, HARTMANN, TANAKA Complete table of contents

August 2024 Issue Highlights JCO DIGITAL SHORT Bracket SubstitutionFree Access KRAVITZ JCO DIGITAL SHORT LEED Certified OfficeFree Access NORRIS JCO DIGITAL SHORT Managing Missing U2s: Even Better Than the Real Thing NICOZISIS Complete table of contents