P1Planning
The result comes before the setup.
Diagnosis, case selection and a setup designed from the result you want in the mouth.
Planning
Predictability
Precision
01 — The landscape
Dentistry digitized planning. Predictability is still the dentist’s job.
More dentists treat with aligners, more Class II cases reach the practice, and the gap between screen and mouth has become the central question.
Brazil
450k
active dentists in the country, about 20% of the world’s dental workforce
Source: CFO (2026), via bip Insights
Prevalence
1in5
people worldwide have a Class II bite in the permanent dentition (19.6%)
Market
US$11bn
clear aligner market forecast for 2031, up from US$ 6.09 bn in 2026
Distalizer
≈5months
average distalizer correction phase in adolescent studies
02 — Method
Planning, predictability and precision, in the order the case unfolds.
P2Predictability
The tooth follows the plan.
Sequencing, anchorage and staging designed so each movement happens when it was planned.
P3Precision
It ends where it was planned.
Execution, monitoring, mid-course correction and finishing with fewer refinements.
The journey of an aligner case
- P1Diagnosis
Complete records, no unnecessary exams.
- P1Case selection
Which case to take, and which not to.
- P1Setup from the result
Planning that starts from the final result.
- P2Plan and delivery
Fee, delivery visit and the change calendar.
- P2Attachments and staging
Each movement in the planned order.
- P3Monitoring and finishing
Fewer refinements, P = R.
03 — Planned vs. actual
The approved setup is not yet the result.
Lost tracking, refinements and long cases share one cause: the gap between what is approved on screen and what happens in the mouth. P3 exists to close that gap.
Approved setup
Actual movement
Axis: aligner number
Lost trackingMovement lags behind and the case needs refinements beyond the plan.
04 — P = R cases
Planned on screen, realized in the mouth.
Drag to compare. Each case shows the treatment time and how many aligners it took to finish.
Initial photo · lateral intraoral 4:3
Final photo · same angle and lightClinical cases by Dr. Laís Furlaneto Marega, CRO/SP 136.159. Images and data published only with signed informed consent. Results vary from case to case.
05 — Topics
Where planning decides the result.
Each topic is a box with the full protocol, in P1, P2 and P3.
Box 01
Your first aligner caseFrom patient selection to delivery, with the document kit, stationery and the change calendar.
See the Box
Box 02Class II and III with a distalizerSpeed up the correction before scanning for aligners.Coming soon
Box 03Staging without losing tracking
Box 04Fewer refinements and rescue mechanics
P3+Planning beyond orthodonticsMini-implant anchorage and the fields that depend on planning.
06 — Who teaches
Dr. Laís Furlaneto Marega
Orthodontist working with digital planning every day at her practice in Marília, Brazil. Graduated from FOB-USP, the school behind Brazilian research on distalizers.
“Aligners are not magic. They are planning, order and follow-up. That is what I want to teach.”
- DDS
- FOB-USP · 2019
- Pediatric dentistry specialty
- HRAC-USP · 2022
- Orthodontics specialty
- CEO · 2023
- License
- CRO/SP 136.159
Free first case guide
What to know before your first aligner case.
- How to choose the patient for your first case
- What records to request and what happens at delivery
- The most common mistakes when starting out