Predictability score
A score from 0 to 100, graded A to D, built from staging, findings and expected expression. Use it to compare the lab's setup with the revised plan.
A quality-control index for comparing setups, not a clinical prediction.
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An independent check of every aligner setup
Before you approve a setup, Plan Check reviews every tooth at every stage against evidence-based movement limits. You receive an audit report of what will likely happen, and the lab gets a note it can act on.
Stage grid · upper arch
Example case
Within limits
Over recommended rate
Over hard limit
Hover or tap any stage to see its movement and the limits it is checked against.
Why a second look
A setup can look right on screen and still be hard to achieve
The 3D animation shows where the lab plans to move each tooth. It doesn't show whether the movement is staged at a pace aligners can deliver.
Lab ≠ evidence
Labs set their own limits
Labs configure their own staging limits, often looser than the research. A setup can pass the lab's checks and still move teeth faster than the evidence supports.
Planned ≠ achieved
Teeth don't fully follow the plan
Studies measure how much of each planned movement actually happens. For some movements it is well short of the plan, and refinements follow.
18 → 22
Too few aligners overload every stage
When an arch has fewer aligners than its movement needs, each aligner is asked to do too much. Fix the count and most stage problems follow.
Inside Plan Check
The review you receive, screen by screen
Every Plan Check comes with an interactive review and an audit report. Here is what a review looks like. Audit reports identify a case by its case ID, never the patient’s name.
Every tooth, every aligner
Movement on all six axes for each tooth at each stage, with stages over the recommended rate or hard limit highlighted.
- Planned total and expected movement per tooth
- The lab's IPR shown at the stage it happens
- Attachment windows marked on the grid
The setup in 3D, stage by stage
Step through the lab's own model. Teeth moving at each stage are coloured, and teeth over a limit stand out.
- Planned and expected positions
- Contacts, spaces, overlaps and the bite
- Front, side and occlusal views
Findings grouped by tooth
Each finding gives its severity, the stages affected and what it rests on: research, a QC rule or best practice.
- Anchorage risks between neighbouring teeth
- Severity counts for every tooth
- Contacts left open, and tight contacts that need IPR first
Planned against expected, per tooth
For each axis: the planned total, the peak per stage, and how much is likely to express, with the percentage.
- Peak movement per stage for each axis
- What the neighbouring teeth are doing
- Restage tools for the full review
IPR and attachment charts
Both arches on one chart: how much IPR at each contact and before which stage, and every attachment.
- Lab plan and revised plan side by side
- Changes, additions and removals marked
A staging report the lab can follow
The revised plan, stage by stage: every moving tooth marked leave as it is, change, stop or add, with that stage's IPR.
- Upper, lower or both arches
- Copied straight into the lab note
What Plan Check reviews
Six areas, every tooth, every stage
Aligner count per arch
How many aligners each tooth's movement needs at published rates, compared with what the lab delivered.
Movement per stage
All six axes for every moving tooth: intrusion and extrusion, mesial and distal, buccal and lingual, rotation, torque and tip.
Planned against expected
Each movement converted to the share studies show is likely to express, with the range, so you see the likely outcome.
Attachments
Which teeth need an attachment for the movement planned, and whether the chosen shape suits that movement.
IPR and contacts
Teeth moving against a tight contact that IPR or space hasn't released, and any gaps left open at the final stage.
Bite and anchorage
Overjet, overbite and back teeth that don't meet at each stage, plus segments at risk of anchorage loss.
How our limits are built
Plan Check's limits come from our own review of the clinical literature. We keep the numbers inside the review, and every finding names the limit it breaks.
- Traced to clinical researchEach limit is drawn from published studies and planning guidance, with the source recorded.
- Two thresholds per movementA recommended rate and a hard limit for each of the six axes, so findings are graded by risk.
- Quality-control rules labelledWhere we apply our own rule or clinician consensus instead of a study, the finding says so.
- Kept up to dateLimits are revised as new evidence is published, and every review records which version it used.
What you receive
Clear answers for you, exact instructions for the lab
Interactive stage grid and 3D simulation
Every tooth across every stage, with breaches highlighted. Step through the setup in 3D, compare planned and expected positions, and check contacts, spaces and the bite at any stage.
A lab note ready to send
Plain instructions naming the tooth, stage, value and limit, with the aligner count required. A request without numbers just produces another auto-restage.
Example · values hidden
Tooth 21, stages 5–7: intrusion 0.00 mm per aligner, above the 0.00 mm limit.
Upper arch needs 22 aligners for the planned movement. Please restage to 22 and do not cap the count.
Audit report
Every Plan Check includes a PDF audit report of the issues in the lab setup: what was found, why it matters, planned against expected movement, and the weight of the evidence behind each point.
Two levels of review
Start with a screening, go deeper when it matters
Know if a setup needs attention
A short report to decide quickly whether to approve or ask for changes.
- Two-page screening audit report (PDF)
- Predictability score and grade
- Issues by type, severity and number of teeth
- The score a revised plan could reach
Everything you need to get the setup right
The complete review, with the corrections worked out and ready for the lab.
- Every finding by tooth, stage and value
- Interactive stage grid and 3D simulation
- Revised staging, attachments and IPR, re-scored
- Full audit report (PDF) and lab note
How it works
From setup link to lab note
Share the setup
Send us the link to the setup from your lab's viewer, with the patient's age group.
We review it
Every tooth and stage is checked against our evidence-based limits, and the basis for each finding is recorded.
You get the audit report
A screening audit report with the score, grade and issues found, so you can decide whether the setup needs changes.
Send the lab note
With the full review you get the full audit report, the lab gets exact numbers, and the revised plan is re-scored.
How we work
Evidence first, clinician always in charge
Every finding shows its source
Each finding is tagged by what it rests on, so you know how much weight to give it.
ResearchQC ruleLab settingBest practice
You make the clinical call
We report what was planned and what is likely. We never approve, revise or submit anything in your lab's portal.
Patient privacy built in
Reports identify a case by its case ID and setup version only. No patient names appear in what we send.
FAQ
Plan Check questions
Does Plan Check replace my clinical judgement?
No. It gives you the numbers behind a setup and what research and quality-control rules say about them. Whether to approve, change or accept a setup is always your decision.
Where do the limits and expression figures come from?
From published clinical studies and planning guidance. Where we apply a quality-control rule or clinician consensus instead, the finding says so. Expression figures are population averages with wide individual variation.
Is the predictability score a guarantee of results?
No. It is a quality-control index for comparing a lab setup with a revised plan. It has not been validated as a clinical predictor, and every report says so.
What do I need to send?
The link to the setup from your lab's viewer and whether the patient is an adult or adolescent. If you are reviewing a revision, tell us which version you want compared.
Request a Plan Check
Send us the setup link and the patient's age group. We'll send your audit report and explain the next step.