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Why your fourth quadrant bonds keep failing

Published 20 days ago • 4 min read

Your fourth quadrant has your weakest bond. Here's why.

Most docs bond attachments with one micro brush. Same brush for all four quadrants. It feels efficient.

But something invisible happens along the way.

With every quadrant that brush picks up a little more contamination. You can't see it. It's microscopic saliva. It builds anyway.

By quadrant four the bond is compromised. That's the attachment that pops off in three weeks. That's the extra appointment. That's the patient losing a little trust in you.

The fix costs pennies.

One micro brush per quadrant.

That's it. Fresh brush every quadrant and you kill the contamination risk before it starts. Don't believe me? Try it on your next case and count your debonds.

Here's the bigger point. The docs who get predictable results are not smarter than you. They just refuse to skip the boring details. Clean field. Etch only where the attachment goes. Fresh brush. Fill the well from the bottom up.

None of it is impressive on its own. All of it compounds.

Small details are the system.

We go over concepts like these and a lot more inside Aligner Blueprint. Let's get you rolling with ortho cases so you can grow your production next week.

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I sat down with the CEO of Spear Education. He shared his take on why most dentists work in their business instead of on it. Watch it here.

See you next week,

Avi

P.S. Aligner Blueprint is built on these small details. The boring habits that make results predictable. Enrollment is open now.

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