Align Technology expands Invisalign orthodontic training programme

Align Technology is to extend its orthodontic training programme to 12 dental universities and hospitals to improve understanding of the use of its Invisalign clear aligner system.

The programme will be expanded to include the Universities of Dundee and Edinburgh, as well as Guy's Campus at King's College London, two academic institutions in the West Midlands, and the Bristol and Newcastle Dental Hospitals.

With the Invisalign University Programme, students are introduced to all aspects of how this type of treatment works. It has become an increasingly integral part of the course for postgraduate dentists, due to the growing acceptance of aligner therapy as a mainstream orthodontic treatment.

Align will be waiving all costs associated with Invisalign training, as well as providing each student with their first ten Invisalign treatments free of charge, in order to make the training accessible to all universities.

Dr Grant McIntyre from Dundee University said: "We believe it is only right we ensure our specialty training registrars and postgraduate students are well versed in the latest treatment methods before they complete their specialist training."