Lecture up to 0.50 hour

Multidisciplinary Topics, AGD Subject Code 149

Achieving esthetic and functional goals throughout a patient’s lifetime requires a comprehensive approach that spans from early childhood to aging adults. Dr Marta Baird will explore strategies for preserving tooth structure and achieving optimal esthetics by engineering ideal skeletal and dental foundations.

She will briefly discuss how next-generation digital tools play a pivotal role in enhancing treatment planning, communication, and overall treatment outcomes. You will gain insights into the timely intervention needed for growing patients to establish an ideal occlusal foundation. Additionally, Dr Baird will highlight opportunities where advanced digital technologies can facilitate interdisciplinary management and improve treatment coordination.

Upon completion of this session attendees should be able to:

• Appreciate the significance of timing in treatment for growing patients to establish optimal occlusal foundations.

• Identify opportunities for leveraging next-generation digital tools to enhance planning and communication in interdisciplinary treatment scenarios.

Dr Baird receives financial support from Align Technology.

Dr Marta Baird is a Diamond+ Invisalign provider practicing in Pleasanton, CA. In addition to her private practice, she is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Orthodontic department at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. She is the Course Director for “Clear Aligner Treatment” and Co-Course Director for “Principles of Orthodontics” didactic courses in the Orthodontic Department. 

Dr Baird is also an Align Faculty and has partnered with the Align University program to provide lectures at educational events for orthodontic residents and recent graduates. Dr Baird is passionate about creating systems to achieve excellent outcomes consistently and efficiently so that she can maintain her personal life with family, friends and jewelry making.