- Invisalign® Palatal Expanders offer doctors an effective and
easily removable alternative to traditional palatal expanders,
without the need for metal and screws.
- Combined with Invisalign First™ aligners, Invisalign Palatal
Expanders provide doctors with a full early intervention treatment
solution, including both skeletal (orthopedic) and dental
(orthodontic) arch expansion.
Align Technology, Inc. (“Align”) (Nasdaq: ALGN), a leading
global medical device company that designs, manufactures, and sells
the Invisalign® System of clear aligners, iTero™ intraoral
scanners, and exocad™ CAD/CAM software for digital orthodontics and
restorative dentistry, today announced that Align's Invisalign
Palatal Expander System is now commercially available in Hong Kong
for broad patient applicability, including growing children, teens
and adults (with surgery or other techniques).
The Invisalign Palatal Expander System is a modern and
innovative direct 3D printed device based on proprietary and
patented technology. Invisalign Palatal Expanders are intended for
use in rapid expansion and subsequent holding of skeletal and/or
dental narrow maxilla (upper jaw) with primary, mixed, or permanent
dentition during treatment of patients.
“The Invisalign Palatal Expander System exemplifies our
commitment to advancing digital orthodontics with innovative
solutions that enhance patient treatment experiences,” said David
Carr, Align Technology executive vice president and managing
director, Asia Pacific. “We are excited to extend the availability
of the transformative Invisalign Palatal Expander system, Align’s
first direct 3D printed orthodontic appliance, to even more doctors
and their patients across the Asia Pacific region.”
The Invisalign Palatal Expander System consists of a series of
removable devices staged in small increments of movement to expand
a patient’s narrow maxilla to a position determined by their
treating doctor. Each direct 3D printed device is customized to the
patient’s unique anatomy based on an iTero™ intraoral digital scan.
A palatal expansion treatment plan and device design are then
developed using Align’s proprietary AI-driven orthodontic
software.
Combined with Invisalign First™ aligners, Invisalign Palatal
Expanders provide doctors with a full early intervention treatment
solution for Phase 1 treatment, an early interceptive orthodontic
treatment for young patients. Phase 1 treatment is traditionally
done through arch expanders or partial metal braces, before all
permanent teeth have erupted – typically at ages 6 through 10.
Invisalign First clear aligners are designed specifically to
address a broad range of younger patients’ malocclusions, including
shorter clinical crowns, management of erupting dentition, and
predictable dental arch expansion.
“Phase 1 or early interceptive treatment accounts for 20 percent
of orthodontic case starts each year and is growing,” said Dr.
Mitra Derakhshan, Align Technology executive vice president, chief
clinical officer. “Together with Invisalign First aligners,
Invisalign Palatal Expanders provide doctors with a solution set to
treat the most common skeletal and dental malocclusions in growing
children. The addition of mandibular advancement features to
Invisalign aligners also provides doctors with more options for
treating skeletal and dental jaw imbalances and bite correction for
their growing patients during their teenage years.”
The Invisalign Palatal Expander System is available in
Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, and is expected to be
available in additional APAC markets later in 2024, pending
regulatory approvals.
About Align Technology,
Inc.
Align Technology designs and manufactures the Invisalign®
System, one of the world’s most advanced clear aligner systems*,
iTero™ intraoral scanners and services, and exocad™ CAD/CAM
software. These technology building blocks enable enhanced digital
orthodontic and restorative workflows to improve patient outcomes
and practice efficiencies for over 266 thousand doctor customers
and is key to accessing Align’s 600 million consumer market
opportunity worldwide. Over the past 27 years, Align has helped
doctors treat over 18.2 million patients with the Invisalign System
and is driving the evolution in digital dentistry through the Align
Digital Platform™, our integrated suite of unique, proprietary
technologies and services delivered as a seamless, end-to-end
solution for patients and consumers, orthodontists and GP dentists,
and lab/partners. Visit www.aligntech.com for more information.
For additional information about the Invisalign System, please
visit www.invisalign.com.hk. For additional information about the
iTero digital scanning system, please visit www.itero.com/en-APAC.
For additional information about exocad dental CAD/CAM offerings
and a list of exocad reseller partners, please visit
www.exocad.com.
Invisalign, iTero, exocad, Align, and Align Digital Platform are
trademarks of Align Technology, Inc.
*Data on file at Align Technology, as of September 23, 2020
About the Invisalign Palatal Expander
System
The Invisalign Palatal Expander System is a modern, innovative
direct 3D printed orthodontic appliance designed based on
proprietary and patented technology. The Invisalign Palatal
Expander System is intended for the orthodontic treatment of
malocclusion. The system is used for the rapid expansion and
subsequent holding of skeletal and/or dental narrow maxilla (upper
jaw, dental arch and teeth, palate) with primary, mixed, or
permanent dentition during orthopedic treatment in children or
adolescents. In adults, it is to be used in conjunction with
surgery or other interventions when necessary. Devices are 3D
printed and are manufactured based on digital scan data from
commercially available iTero™ intraoral scanners offered by Align
Technology, Ltd. The devices are removable for better oral
hygiene1; manufactured to custom fit each patient’s anatomy for
optimal comfort and aesthetics, expanders fit comfortably in the
patient’s mouth and are changed daily (no screw required).
The System is comprised of Invisalign Palatal Expanders (active
expansion, each stage comes with a programmed expansion of up to
0.25mm/stage, changed daily or as per doctor’s discretion) and
Invisalign Palatal Holders (copies of the last stage of the
expansion phase designed to hold the maxilla post-active expansion
and changed every 2-4 weeks as directed by the treating doctor),
Invisalign Attachment Templates and proprietary 3D shape generation
software. These products are not available for purchase by the
general public. However, the products are available for purchase
from Invisalign® trained dentists and orthodontists.
1Based on the survey in August 2023 in CAN of 10 Invisalign
trained orthodontists who participated in the Invisalign® Palatal
Expander System Technical Design Assessment and have treated at
least 1 patient age 6-11 years with IPE, who responded to the
question: “Please indicate your agreement with the following
statement: Patients treated with the Invisalign® Palatal Expander
System experience better oral hygiene than those patients treated
with traditional palatal expanders (such as Schwartz, Hyrax,
etc.)”. Agreement scale is 1-4 with 1 being “strongly disagree” and
4 being “strongly agree”. Data on file at Align Technology, as of
October 30, 2023.
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