
The Trial Smile Experience has 2 main advantages, the first is the technical advantage of utilizing the lips to begin the esthetically driven aspects of the treatment plan intraorally; the second is the behavioral benefit of educating and inspiring the patient, along with instilling hope during the process. This presentation will further discuss these advantages and also demonstrate the technique of performing a successful Trial Smile Experience.

Closing the anterior openbite and maintaining that result, is a challenge in the orthodontic treatment of non-growing adult cases. Often excessive extrusive forces are placed on anterior teeth, and retention of these movements requires long-term fixed retainers, and still relapse of the openbite is common. Invisalign treatment aimed at posterior intrusion to allow mandibular autorotation and closure of the open bite without excessive anterior extrusion has proven very effective at treating these cases with results not possible by traditional braces and elastics.
