Updated 1-24-11

1. 80 th Annual Midwest Angle Component Meeting Orlando, Florida “SureSmile – An Eight Year Clinical Perspective” Ron Snyder, D.D.S. Apple Valley, Minnesota

7. Equipment rental or purchase Case Fee

8. Termination – they can threaten to pull the plug if you don’t want to re-sign to their terms every three years Contract re-negotiations could become unreasonable if you’ve branded yourself as a “SureSmile” practice

23. “ Early in my career, I knew that I needed a marketing strategy, a practice brand.”

24. Heavily Marketed as “Faster and Better”

28. Age 16 Asymmetric Class II Constricted – posterior cross bite Mild Crowding

29. Scanning date 3 months light aligning wires + Quad helix

30. 7 months in SureSmile wires, Precision lingual arches and elastics 11 months - total braces time 10 “routine” visits

31. Tim Alford’s Scores 16 D.I. 22 C.R.E.

32. Age 13 Mild Class II Generalized spacing Mild deep bite

33. Scanning date 14 months headgear and space closure

34. 4 months in SureSmile wires 18 months in total braces time 15 “routine” visits

35. Tim Alford’s Scores 24 D.I. 15 C.R.E.

36. Age 14 Mild Class II Had earlier expansion Mild deep bite

37. Scanning date 3.5 months aligning wires, Precision lingual arches and Headgear

38. 9 months in SureSmile wires and Headgear 12.5 months in total braces time 10 “routine” visits

39. Tim Alford’s Scores 12 D.I. 16 C.R.E.

41. 4 months Haas 6 months Schwartz

42. 4 months light wires Scanning date

43. 4 months light wires 6 months SureSmile 10 months braces 9 “routine” visits

48. Age 15-2 Previously 14 months of upper arch treatment for high cuspids

50. Scanning date 7 months aligning wires

51. Virtual planning of the surgical move and the final archwires

54. Pre-surgery 2 months with SureSmile wires in place

55. 5 months in SureSmile wires 13 months in total braces time 12 “routine” visits

56. One year of retention

57. Haas expansion then 6 months light wires then 6 months SureSmile wires

58. SureSmile wires in place for orthognathic surgery An effort to get leveling during “RAP” No pre-surgical steel wires Less extrusion (less surgery) caused by leveling?

60. Cases where I avoid SureSmile

63. Cases where I avoid SureSmile

64. Age 47 Pre-orthodontic periodontal tissue grafting Upper 4s and lower incisor extracted

65. 4 months light wire alignment

66. 9 months preparing for space closure Scanning date

67. 12 months in SureSmile wires - 21 months total braces time 26 “routine” visits

68. Who’s craving some heat? My Office Thank you for your attention