Evidence-based orthodontics combines clinical expertise, scientific evidence, and patient needs to support better treatment decisions.

Clear aligner therapy has fundamentally changed the landscape of modern dentistry. For many, it has become a staple service, offering patients the aesthetic and functional results they crave. But as any clinician who has navigated a "stalled" case knows, there is a significant difference between starting a clear aligner treatment and successfully finishing one. In the early days of "aligner fever," many doctors treated case selection like a simple checklist. Today, we know be