Align Tech Invisalign

SAN JOSE, California--Align Technology has announced the 2011-2012 Invisalign Gallery University Challenge.

With the challenge, accredited orthodontic programs in North America can submit their best Invisalign treatment outcomes in one of four clinical categories: Class I, Class II, Class III, and multidiscipline. Submissions will be reviewed by private-practice orthodontists and judged based on treatment difficulty, records quality, and outcomes achieved.

"For the past two years, Align has sponsored the Invisalign Gallery program, which encourages clinicians to share their best Invisalign treatment outcomes with their peers," explained Dr. Eric Kuo, Align's vice president of clinical technology.

"As Invisalign treatment has become more and more widely accepted, education on clear aligners has become an integral part of orthodontic training, so we wanted to recognize orthodontic residents and their clinical instructors for the excellent outcomes achieved at their universities."

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The orthodontic residents who receive the top score in each clinical category and their supervising faculty members will be invited Nov. 15-18, 2012, to present their treatment results at the 2012 Invisalign Summit for orthodontic practices in Las Vegas, Nev.

At the last Invisalign Ortho Summit held in November 2010, nearly 1,500 orthodontists and their staff members were in attendance. Align Technology will also divide an award pool of $34,000 among the orthodontic programs of the first, second, and third place winners. All submitted entries will also be published in the 2011-2012 Invisalign Gallery University Challenge yearbook.

Deadline for Invisalign Gallery University Challenge submissions is Aug. 15, 2012. For official program rules, visit www.InvisalignGallery.com/university.

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