Align Technology

Creator of Invisalign®, iTero™ & exocad™

Align Technology is de ontwikkelaar en eigenaar van het Invisalign® systeem, de iTero™ intra-orale scanner en de exocad™ CAD/CAM software. Deze technologische bouwstenen maken verbeterde digitale orthodontische en restauratieve workflows mogelijk om de resultaten voor de patiënt en de efficiëntie van de praktijk te verbeteren voor ongeveer 243.000 algemene tandartsen en orthodontisen wereldwijd. In de afgelopen 25 jaar heeft Align dentale professionals geholpen om meer dan 15,1 miljoen patiënten te behandelen met het Invisalign systeem en het is de drijvende kracht achter de evolutie in digitale tandheelkunde door middel van het Align Digital Platform™. Het platform is een suite van unieke technologieën en diensten, geleverd als een end-to-end oplossing aan patiënten en consumenten, orthodontisten, algemene tandartsen en labs.

Who we are

Align Technology is a global medical device company that is changing lives through better smiles. We reimagine and reinvent the way orthodontic and restorative treatment is presented and delivered to millions of people around the world.We believe a better smile has the power to create a better future, so we create digital technology and experiences to help people move forward in life.

Our history

Align Technology has always set the bar for leadership and change in our industry by constantly innovating to bring new and better solutions to doctors and their patients.

In 1997, five employees in a small duplex in Redwood City, California, founded Align Technology with a simple concept in mind - how to leverage technology to straighten teeth. Just a few years later in 1999, Align Technology pioneered the invisible orthodontics market with the introduction of the Invisalign® System and soon launched a large U.S national advertising campaign. By 2001, Align had manufactured one million unique clear aligners, helped treat hundreds of patients and trained over ten thousand doctors.

By combining digital treatment planning and mass-customization, with shape-engineering based on biomechanical principles, we have revolutionized the orthodontic industry. The Invisalign® System has continued to evolve over the last 25 years. Building upon our experience, a database of approximately 15.1 million cases, continuous innovations in aligner materials, software algorithms, 3D force systems, the Invisalign® System can be used to treat a wide range of cases, from teens to adults.

In 2011, we acquired the iTero™ intraoral scanner. Digital scanning technology was a natural extension to our digital treatment processes of the Invisalign® System, enabling enhanced patient scans and an improved patient experience. With more than 14 million restorative crown, bridge, and custom implant cases enabled by the iTero scanner to date, Align Technology continues to increase its investment in digital restorative workflows. Today’s practices require a range of digitally enabled solutions – from chairside visualization, prosthetic CAD capabilities, in-office milling options, and laboratory workflows for restorative dentistry, to tools and applications exclusively designed for Invisalign® treatment, which only iTero Element™ can provide.

Today, we've helped treat approximately 15.1 million patients with the Invisalign® System and are driving the evolution in digital dentistry with the iTero intraoral scanner − helping to modernize today’s practices by enabling enhanced digital orthodontic and restorative workflows to help improve patient outcomes and practice efficiencies.

Align today

Align Technology has continued to evolve significantly over the last 25 years.

Our goal is to help doctors participate in a new and larger market by investing in innovative products and building brands to drive millions more consumers to their practice. By combining advanced 3D modeling for digital treatment planning, shape-engineering based on biomechanical principles, and mass-customization and 3D printing, we’ve revolutionized the orthodontic industry.

Today, doctors in over 120 markets around the world use the Invisalign® System and iTero scanners to improve smiles for every type of patient – from simple tooth alignment to complex corrections, kids to adults, orthodontics to multi-disciplinary restorative treatment. Approximately 15.1 million patients and counting have benefited from these solutions, and tens of thousands of orthodontic and dental practices have made us a part of their modern, digital approach to improving smiles.

Het Invisalign® Systeem

The Invisalign® System is the most advanced clear aligner system in the world. Backed by over two decades of innovation, the Invisalign® System has helped bring smiles to approximately 15.1 million people including over 4.1 million teens.

The Invisalign® System is used for straightening teeth with a series of custom-made aligners for each patient. It is a combination of proprietary virtual modeling software, rapid manufacturing processes and mass customization, and custom-made aligners with patented aligner material.

Used to treat a wide range of clinical situations, Invisalign treatment options address simple to complex cases and post-treatment retention. The Invisalign® System is powered by three key elements:

• SmartTrack™ material. Align Technology’s own patented aligner material that provides gentle, more constant forces to improve control of tooth movements. After testing 260 different materials, our material on average enables faster treatment.

• SmartStage™ technology. Programming each tooth movement in a certain sequence, at the right time to achieve optimal outcomes and greater predictability.

• SmartForce™ attachments. Attachments and features designed into the aligners deliver the precise forces when needed to achieve more predictable tooth movements. The Invisalign® System is the only system in the world with features such as Bite Ramps, Precision Cuts, Power Ridge to help address a wide range of clinical situations.

The company behind the smile

Align Technology - A better future with a better smile

Contact

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Align Technology
Herikerbergweg 312
1101 CN Amsterdam
www.invisalign.nl
www.aligntechnology.com
cs-benelux@aligntech.com
0800 280 0299