The SMARTA Template
Predictability creates possibility
The SMARTA Comprehensive Template puts our treatment-planning rules into the starting point of every case — so your initial setup comes back closer to the plan you actually want to treat.
Join the Founding Cohort WaitlistThe power to customize a template is one of the most useful tools Align has given us. Instead of applying the same preferences to every patient, a template can apply different rules based on the condition in front of it.
Deep bite. Open bite. Class II. Crowding. Extraction. Phase I.
Different problems should not start with the same instructions.
We spent hundreds of hours turning our treatment philosophy into those rules, then testing and refining them on real cases. The result is the SMARTA Comprehensive Template.
It is designed to give you:
Already coded. Already tested on real cases. Activated directly in your Invisalign account.
We are testing the SMARTA Template against our own finished treatment planning. For each case, we compare:
Then we ask one question:
How close did each starting point get to the plan we actually wanted?
New case comparisons are added as we record them. Deep bite. Open bite. Class II. Crowding. Extraction.
We knew how we wanted our cases planned. The problem was getting those decisions into the initial setup every time — without rebuilding them case by case, or repeatedly sending cases back to the CAD designer.
Digital was supposed to give us more time. Less chair time turned into more computer time at night.
But there was another reason.
What if we miss something one day?
We’re planning between patients. We’re tired. We’re finishing a ClinCheck® at night. We don’t want the success of that case to depend on whether we remembered every rule we’ve learned.
We’ve read the literature. Humans haven’t changed how they grow, and the limits of biology haven’t moved. So why do our plans still show movements that aren’t biologically possible?
Because a generic starting point doesn’t know those limits. It simulates what was asked for.
We wanted those limits built into the rules before the case ever reached us.
So we built them. Hundreds of hours of coding, testing, and refinement went into turning those decisions into a system. It gives the planning time back without changing how the case is planned.
Those hours are what you’re getting.
— Marta and Sam
The first release of the SMARTA Comprehensive Template is limited to twenty founding doctors. Founding doctors receive:
The waitlist gets the first invitation to enroll, before public enrollment, along with the founding price.
Global Clinical Preferences give one answer for every patient. The SMARTA Template uses condition-specific rules. A deep-bite patient shouldn’t start the same way as an open-bite patient. The case comparisons let you see the difference on the same patient.
No, and we would rather tell you that now. Your cases still require your clinical judgment, and you will still make decisions in 3D Controls. The difference is the starting point: specific rather than generic, with far more of the planning already built in.
No. One payment gives you lifetime access to the version you purchase. It remains active in your account. Founding doctors also receive every update and release during their first two years. We expect major releases as Align introduces new products and capabilities.
Children, teens, and adults — comprehensive treatment plus Phase I early treatment. The rules change according to the condition being treated rather than applying one set of preferences to every patient.
The SMARTA Template is our system, ready to adopt. Costa Rica is where you learn to adapt it. At the immersion, doctors work through the decisions behind the system and choose from SMARTA template variations designed around different clinical and practice workflows. Many doctors will do both: adopt the system, then learn how to make it their own.
Founding doctors have a defined channel for reporting cases that behave unexpectedly, plus access to an answer library built from real cohort cases. One-on-one coaching and treatment-planning support are available separately.
The founding price is announced to the waitlist before enrollment opens. One payment. No subscription. Doctors who join after the founding cohort pay more.
No. Joining the waitlist means you get the first invitation when the twenty founding spots open.
Every case in our practices starts from this template. Every plan we open has already been checked against the rules and the biological limits we built into the system.
That is what I want for your cases too.
— Marta and Sam
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