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| industry report NimrodAligner 36 ortho 1 2016 From straightforward to complex cases The new NimrodAligner and why it can be the ultimate orthodontic removable aligning system Authors: Nimrod Tal & Lauren Flannery, UK As a dental practitioner, helping your patient look to improve their smile by undergoing orthodontic treatment with one of the many aligning systems available can be a very daunting decision to make when it comes to choosing the right system. What- ever their lifestyle, the attributes most commonly soughtafteraretypicallycomfort,discretenessand for the treatment time to be as speedy as possible. Depending on the case, it can sometimes be quite difficult to achieve all of these aims within one sin- glealigningsystem,aseacharedesignedtoachieve very specific and individual movements, and not all are designed to do this with the whole arch. As an orthodontic laboratory, we are introduced tohundredsofveryindividualcasesonaweeklyba- sis, where more often than not patients will have specified that the above attributes are key to their decisionmakingprocesswhenweassessfortheap- pliances that will be best suited to their particular case. After having been faced so regularly with the taskofassistingourclientstomakethedecisionthat willbenefittheirpatientsinasmanyaspectsasthey can, we had a thought—what if the ad vantages of each of these aligning systems were combined, and the disadvantages eliminated? It was from this that theideaofourbrandnewNimrodAlignerstemmed. Designedtomovefrom5-5inalldirections,and also widen the molars (Fig. 1), the NimrodAligner comprises of lingual and labial arch wires at- tached to individual cups that seat on each tooth with the aid of a composite anchor, and a con- necting bar to seat on the palate or the lingual area,thatareattachedtomolarcups.Afterhaving spent four years researching the most effective Figs.1–5: Designed to move from 5-5 in all directions,and also widen the molars,the NimrodAligner comprises of lingual and labial arch wires attached to individual cups that seat on each tooth with the aid of a composite anchor,and a connecting bar to seat on the palate or the lingual area,that are attached to molar cups. Fig.1 Fig.2 12016