Dr Mujtaba Tahir - Clearstep Practitioner of the Month, January 2012

Dr Mujtaba Tahir, Clearstep Ambassador and 2012’s first Clearstep Practitioner of the Month began using the Clearstep System in June 2011. In this short space of time Dr Tahir has rapidly developed his status as one of the elite Clearstep providers resulting in Dr Tahir becoming one of the select few Clearstep ambassadors. Since becoming an Ambassador for Clearstep late 2011, Dr Tahir has been working hard to promote Clearstep in his practice and has been offering ‘invisible’, effective and fast treatment to all his patients at every opportunity. Through his hard work Dr Tahir is now seeing the benefits that Clearstep brings to his practice and this is why we are proud to have Dr Tahir as an advocate for Clearstep.

Having recently attended one of our advanced training courses in using Sectional Fixed Appliances, Dr Tahir can now treat a wide range of cases and accommodate all levels of severities allowing him to offer Clearstep treatment to a wider market within the Derby area; he had the following to say about the two day sectional fixed course.  

“I enjoyed the course and learned a vast amount of new knowledge regarding fixed braces knowing it was a very small group catering for each individual regardless of their previous level of expertise in the subject.  Furthermore, to see like-minded people using Clearstep and to hear their views or opinions of how to improve on certain aspects of diagnostics and treatment was very reassuring.

I am now more confident to accept any level of case difficulty even prior to the diagnostic stage where I initially used to be reluctant to even mention Clearstep and the stages involved, being cautious that I may have to refer if it required sectional fixed appliances with any extraction for instance.”

Our Sectional Fixed Appliances course is not just available to current practitioners, Clearstep have of late introduced a new course format which will permit new practitioners to become accredited and be fully trained in sectional fixed all within one course - ‘The Clearstep Simplicity Course’.

With Clearstep’s brand new ‘Simplicity’ accreditation training, practitioners can learn the fundamentals of our system and the processes as well as how to incorporate Sectional Fixed Appliances into a patient’s treatment in a single 3 day course. Attendees will come out of the course fully equipped to start offering ‘invisible’ orthodontic solutions to their patients.

Dr Tahir is now a regular user of our system and in recent months he has increased the amount of Clearstep cases treated. We asked Dr Tahir why he believes his patients are choosing Clearstep over traditional orthodontic treatment, which he answered.

 “When reassuring patients of the pros and cons of the appliances in comparison to fixed or other aligner appliances, it is relatively easy to emphasise the value of Clearstep thus achieve an increase in uptake of the treatment.”

We would like to thank Dr Tahir and The Bridge Dental and Implant Clinic team for their work to support Clearstep in their clinic; he is a true testament of how Clearstep can change your practice in a short space of time. We are very excited to continue working with Dr Tahir as an Ambassador and look forward to developing our relationship with himself and The Bridge Dental and Implant Clinic.

To find out more about Clearstep treatment through the practice please contact 01332364630 or info@bridgedentalandimplantclinic.co.uk.

A successful day with the Oasis Team

 With the Clearstep™ brand ever growing; our System has been the subject of mammoth interest from dentists and corporate groups for accreditation courses. Excited to meet this demand, The Clearstep™ Training & Support Department recently held an Oasis accreditation day in Bristol for Oasis dental practitioners; the course educated the attendees to make the most of our outstanding system and it gave the attendees the solid platform for them to start providing our ‘invisible’ system to their own patients. 

Knowing the huge importance of the day, Clearstep™ Managing Director Alistair McCance was heavily involved in the planning of the training. “With the Clearstep™ brand fast expanding & increasing awareness in the dental market, along with the services we offer, we wanted to further this by aligning ourselves with some of the more prestigious corporate groups in the country. Oasis was one of our obvious choices for this. Oasis has a great reputation in the dental market and their clinic base provides far reaching access to hundreds of practitioners throughout the UK. They possess a high quality skill base and many highly competent practitioners who we are proud to support in treating their patients with Clearstep™.

The day allowed us to speak directly to these dynamic practitioners we have already mentioned and gained an understanding and feedback as to how Clearstep™ could work with a corporate group where we meet the demands of the corporate clinicians. We were able to show the dentists how best to utilise the comprehensive system that Clearstep™ offers and discusses how to best communicate this with patients.”

Combination approach & Clearstep System

Delegates were first given an introduction to the Clearstep™ System and the appliances that allow us to achieve the incredible results that patients demand. Many ‘invisible’ aligner laboratories are restricted to the cases they can treat due to the capabilities of using a clear positioner alone; however Clearstep™ enables practitioners to treat a large range of case severities by combining our positioners with other discreet appliances. After explaining how the appliances function, case studies were examined to illustrate the results that can be accomplished.

The Diagnostic Faculty

Our diagnostic process plays a pivotal role to all Clearstep treatment and during the second part of the day, the attendees where split in to two groups to learn about two very important areas of the diagnostic process:

1.       The importance of impressions taking & how to take good quality 2 part impressions.

2.       The importance of intra & extra oral photography and the correct method of taking high quality photos.

Each topic gave the attendees the hands on opportunity to take impressions as well as intra & extra oral photos, the hands on training will make sure that the attendees are now fully equipped to send in high quality records when submitting a case into diagnosis. Other topics covered throughout the day include interproximal reduction (IPR), promoting Clearstep within your practice & sending in a case.

Clearstep™ would like to thank all of the Oasis practitioners who attended our course and hope that they enjoyed the day as much as we did. We look forward to working with all of the delegates in the near future and are excited to receive their first cases.

Simplicity Training Course

Due to the positive feedback from the Oasis Training Day, 2012 will see the launch of the new Clearstep™ Simplicity Course. The new Clearstep™ Simplicity Courses is a three day course based around the modules taught at the Oasis training day, this course will give you all the knowledge you need to start treating Clearstep™ cases as well as applying the use of sectional fixed appliances to your patients which in turn will dramatically increase the amount of patients GDP’s can retain and treat as opposed to referring them away. In turn allowing GDP’s to retain higher margin and increase their reputation and skill set. 

For more information on our new Courses click HERE or to book a place:

 Please call: 01342 337910, alternatively you can email: sales@clearstep.co.uk