With digital treatment planning, digital tray designing and onsite 3-D printing, direct-to-ideal tooth positions and bracket positions are possible. That precision greatly reduces rebond appointments and round-tripping of teeth. Solutions Such drawbacks are no longer applicable in this new era of indirect bonding. Although many of the principles are basically the same, the original methods have been replaced by digital techniques that streamline the process. Software reduces the inconsistency that each manual step of the former process introduces. Highly time-intensive procedures are now automated, yielding greater precision of initial bracket placement. Orthodontists and staff can go from start to finish doing all steps completely in their offices. A system of indirect bonding that encompasses the following features can be the key to opening many more orthodontists to implementing it in their practices. Planning * * * 46 OCTOBER 2016 // orthotown.com Intraoral scans are prone to having holes. Importing the scans into software that repairs them can supply high-quality digital models for virtual treatment planning. Software specifically for indirect bonding enables doctors to determine bracket positions virtually, with no need for dental models or hand tools. The ease of creating multiple treatment plans digitally provides options to show patients for making decisions during consultations. Patients can preview and compare the anticipated results and quickly agree to start treatment.http://www.orthotown.com