No-Prep Veneers & Invisalign Smile Architect | Dr. Michael DiTolla

Can you turn a prep veneer case into a no-prep case just by moving teeth first? Dr. Michael DiTolla explains how he uses Invisalign and Smile Architect to plan orthodontically driven restorative dentistry, how to seat no-prep veneers without errors, and how his own sleep apnea diagnosis changed his practice.

In this episode:

- How a fishing trip led to his own obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis

- "How did you sleep last night?": screening every patient for OSA

- Using aligners to develop arches and give the tongue more room

- Smile Architect: no-prep veneers, gummy smiles and patient conversations

- Why to finish aligner cases with 1.5 mm of incisal clearance

- A step-by-step method for seating no-prep veneers

- Abfraction lesions are pathological, and how tooth position fixes them

Plus dental news: the SALT cap and pass-through entity tax for practice owners, unregistered dental assistants in Iowa, and alpha-gal syndrome.

Dr. Michael DiTolla practiced for 15 years before spending 15 years as director of clinical education at Glidewell Laboratories, where he led the clinical team that developed BruxZir solid zirconia. He received the 2011 Most Effective Dentist Educator award and the Gordon J. Christensen Award for distinguished speaking from the Chicago Dental Society, and his education videos have more than 16 million views on YouTube. He practices in Lodi, California, focusing on clear aligners, veneers and obstructive sleep apnea.

🙌 Special shout out to Align Technology (Invisalign and iTero) for making this episode possible!

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