Attendees of this lecture will be able to easily put together a plan of action to incorporate clear aligners into their orthodontic practices. Specific strategies will be provided both from a clinical and practice management perspective that will enable the attendee to harness the power of digital orthodontics and continue to provide what patients and parents are requesting.

  1. Attendees will be be able to outline a strategy to incorporate clear aligners in all patient types.
    2. Attendees will be able to recognize the importance of digital technology in today’s orthodontic office.
    3. Attendees will be able to identify case types that they will feel most confident in treating with clear aligner therapy.
  2. Ran my first and only marathon right before my 50th birthday.
    2. Second generation Italian American.
    3. I can still recite (from memory) Robert Frost’s Poem Whose Woods These Are, which was taught to me by my father when I was 6 years old.

Dr. Donna Galante is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine where she received her DMD degree and her Orthodontic Specialty certification. She spent her first 8 years after graduation teaching at U PENN in the orthodontic department and starting her own practice. Marriage took her to California and she and her husband, fellow Orthodontist, Dr. Paul Cater, have 2 orthodontic practices in Northern California where they treat 80 percent of their cases with Invisalign Clear Aligners. She currently is a Field Clinical Liaison for the Align Technology, and helping support the Align sales and marketing teams by providing local clinical help to other Orthodontists who are wanting to grow their digital practices.