Message from the Advisory Board
Dear colleagues,
We have moved - as individuals, as a profession and as a nation! The last six months have seen us embrace a new lifestyle and newer life lessons which will be integral to how we survive and progress individually, and as a group.
A few of them are:
1) Technology, which will be the most indispensable asset in the near future and beyond
2) Smart work etiquette and protocols, where chair-side time is the most expensive commodity- is a reality that has dawned on us.
3) Conservation of financial resources and a nation's assets and optimally generate new ones (atmanirbharta - as our beloved PM calls it) is the order of the day!
"Flash" embodies these three virtues integral to "Forward"ing orthodontic care! Aligners today are main-stay of orthodontic practices for a diverse mix of cases and this trend is on the upswing globally! This has also seen clinicians spoilt for choice on different brands of aligners available. This trend, though encouraging, poses choices as treating clinicians for us. Questions that need scientific answers!
The first decade of aligner use in orthodontics was optimism and mixed with scepticism , the second decade was brand centric and acceptance of reality, what does the crystal ball foretell for the third decade ? Clinical evidence, clinician knowledge and predictability of aligners will be the focus areas. Aligner v/s Braces will no longer be a relevant discussion or debate - as patient preferences (in this era of multi-media marketing) will see health care in general and orthodontics in particular move from paternalism towards patient autonomy.
The "Flash" team braces for its pan India immensely growing presence - with "science" and the "specialist orthodontist" integral to aligner therapeutics! I've no doubt that "Flash" will be a major experience provider for orthodontic solutions in India and beyond!
Fraternally yours,
Nikhilesh R Vaid
Consultant Orthodontist & Dentofacial Orthopaedician
Flash Experience

Dr. Preeti Kulkarni
Consultant Orthodontist,
Director - Creative Smiles Dental Solutions Pvt. Ltd.,
Mumbai 		Dr Preeti has been associated with Flash for over 4 years and has treated numerous cases with Flash Aligners. She finds it very easy to communicate with the backend team, discuss the expectations and together come up with a suitable treatment plan and outcomes. Her patients are very happy with the treatment and being associated with Flash has opened up an additional revenue stream for her.
Watch the video to know more about this in detail.

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Delivering Flash Smiles - The "TEEN" experience
Treating teen patients with aligners can be a challenge. Especially, while deciding the treatment plan, the treatment time has to correlate with patients growth and eventually the decision of the category to submit the case into has to be made at the pretreatment stage itself.
Here are 2 patients "Siblings" who are in their different stages of dentofacial development and are treated based on their chief complaint depicting underlying malocclusion and phase of growth.
According to my experience, patients who are in their mixed or early permanent dentition period should be considered under the comprehensive i.e, maximum case category as the treatment virtually planned has to correlate to clinical changes during the growth phase. In Such cases, reboots are required during the transition of dentition and subsequent tooth eruption. While, teen patients with late permanent dentition with all teeth upto 2nd molars erupted can be considered under any available case category options depending on the underlying malocclusion and treatment requirements.
The above 2 variables have been depicted in these 2 Flash Teen Cases.
Case 1: Flash Max-Teen with upper and lower arch crowding and deep bite- Click here to read
Case 2: Flash 20- Teen with previous orthodontic treatment relapse- Click here to read
Dr. Dhaval Fadia
Consultant Orthodontist,
Head (Orthodontic Design Services)
Flash Orthodontics

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