The CLEAR Institute

The CLEAR Institute The CLEAR Institute focuses on Clinical Learning and Education in Aligner and Restoration.

Courses are for dentists and their teams who want to integrate efficiently and successfully clear aligners in their day-to-day practice.​

09/26/2026

When the sound stops…

YOU DANCE. 😂🕺💃

A little technical problem at CDI left one of our speakers alone on stage in that wonderfully awkward moment when everyone is waiting for something to happen.

So… something happened. 😂

The rest of us joined her.

And you know how I hate missing an opportunity to dance on stage. 😉

Not planned.
Not rehearsed.
Definitely not elegant.

But VERY memorable.

And somehow, I think this says a lot about what made CDI special.

Great education, yes.

But also teamwork, camaraderie, friendship, and four speakers perfectly comfortable looking ridiculous together.

Sometimes the moments nobody planned are the ones everybody remembers.

P.S. Be honest. Would you have joined us or stayed safely in your chair? 😂

With Dr Sadaf Fazel John Lawrence Holliday and Dr Andrew Raingold

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09/24/2026

Montreal ✈️ New Jersey.

Tomorrow, we MOVE. 🦷

Not just teeth.

Ideas.
Treatment planning.
Possibilities.
And maybe a few minds. 😉

Two days of Comprehensive Dentistry with Invisalign, with multiple speakers (Dr Sadaf Fazel Andrew Reingold John Lawrence Holliday Dr Steven Liao and many others) bringing different perspectives to the same question:

What becomes possible when we move the teeth BEFORE we restore them?

CDI. Here we go. 🔥

It’s time to Make the MOVE!

Different perspectives.Same passion. 🌎The North American faculty at the Align Global Faculty Meeting 2026 in Vienna.Put ...
09/22/2026

Different perspectives.
Same passion. 🌎

The North American faculty at the Align Global Faculty Meeting 2026 in Vienna.

Put this many educators together and something interesting happens.

We share.

We question.

We challenge each other.

And yes, we definitely disagree sometimes. 😂

But that is exactly what makes these meetings so valuable.

I have always believed there is no cookbook for clear aligner treatment. There isn’t only one good way to do things.

The more experienced I become, the more I appreciate being surrounded by people who make me reconsider what I think I know.

Some of the best learning doesn’t happen on stage either.

It happens over coffee. At dinner. Between sessions. Or when someone looks at you and says:

“Wait… you do WHAT?” 😂

Very grateful to Align for bringing this community together and proud to be part of it.

Because great educators should never stop being students.

P.S. What teaches you more: someone who agrees with you, or someone who challenges you?

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Learning. Sharing. Connecting. 🌍The CLEAR Institute is heading to Vienna for the Align Global Faculty Meeting.An opportu...
09/16/2026

Learning. Sharing. Connecting. 🌍

The CLEAR Institute is heading to Vienna for the Align Global Faculty Meeting.

An opportunity to exchange with educators and clinicians from around the world, discuss the evolution of clear aligner treatment, and bring new ideas back into the education we create for dentists.

Because great education never stands still.

It’s time to Make the MOVE! 🔥

07/16/2026

You should answer this when a patient tells you your clear aligner treatment is too expensive.
Find it in our new blog article.
Comment PRICE and we’ll send you the link.

“It’s too expensive.”Four words every dentist has heard.And in the seconds that follow, something interesting happens.Th...
07/15/2026

“It’s too expensive.”

Four words every dentist has heard.

And in the seconds that follow, something interesting happens.

The conversation changes.

We become uncomfortable. We feel that we need to respond immediately. And before we know it, we may be having a completely different conversation from the one the patient wanted to have.

But what if there were another way to approach that moment?

This is Part 1 of our new three part series:

The Price Objection Is Not the Real Problem.

Comment PRICE below and we will send you the complete article.

What do you normally say when a patient tells you treatment is too expensive?

07/13/2026

Moving teeth with clear aligners always comes back to three things.

Force.
Time.
Space.

Miss one, and the movement may not happen as planned.

Teeth respond to force.

But not simply because the software programmed a movement.

The aligner must create the right force, in the right direction, at the right location.

Biology needs time.

A programmed movement is not an expressed movement.

The force must remain present long enough for the tissues to respond.

A tooth cannot move predictably into occupied space.

Before asking how to move the tooth, ask where it is supposed to go.

Space must be created, protected, and managed.

Here is the catch.

Force, time, and space are connected.

You cannot evaluate one while ignoring the other two.

Dentists often feel that they control the entire treatment.

We do not.

We design the system, but part of that system depends on the patient.

You control the planned force system.

You decide how space will be created.

You choose the staging, attachments, movements, and anchorage.

That is your responsibility.

The patient controls whether the force is actually delivered.

When the aligner is outside the mouth, the programmed force is absent.

No wear means no effective time.

No effective time means no sustained force.

Patient cooperation is not separate from biomechanics.

It is part of biomechanics.

The best treatment plan cannot compensate for an aligner that is not being worn.

When a movement does not happen, do not immediately repeat it.

Ask three questions:

Was the force system appropriate?

Was enough time provided?

Was the necessary space available?

Understand the failure before programming the movement again.

Force. Time. Space. Think like plastic.

Your ClinCheck is a map, not a promise.New 2026 roadmap sorts which aligner movements you can trust, and which ones the ...
07/06/2026

Your ClinCheck is a map, not a promise.
New 2026 roadmap sorts which aligner movements you can trust, and which ones the software over promises.

Save this for your next setup.

06/30/2026

CLEAR Live Q&A #1 is here.

Real questions.
Real answers.
No cookbook.

was joined by from for a practical conversation about , diagnosis, patient communication, versus reality check, and why the software does not replace the doctor.

The full replay is on YouTube (link in BIO).

Bring your questions for the next CLEAR Live Q&A.

It is time to Make the MOVE!

06/29/2026

🚧 Good roads aren’t built by accident.

Neither are great ClinChecks.

Every construction site follows a carefully planned sequence.

Signs.
Cones.
Detours.
One step at a time.

Clear aligner treatment is no different.

The best treatment plans are not just about where the teeth end up.

They’re about how they get there.

Every attachment.
Every stage.
Every force.
Every decision.

That’s why, at The CLEAR Institute, we don’t teach recipes.

We teach principles.

Because once you understand the principles, treatment planning becomes predictable.

👇 What is the first thing you look at when you open a ClinCheck?

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