Orthodontic Mini-Residency Programs
Revolutionize your practice
Gain a competitive edge with expertise in clear aligner technology — comprehensive mini-residency programs taught by Dr. Sandra Khong Tai, one of the world's leading aligner educators.
Dr. Sandra Khong Tai · Founder
01 — Why Clear Aligners
Today's patients are shying away from metal braces. Clear aligner therapy is convenient, comfortable, virtually invisible — and it gives clinicians exceptional precision with high-tech diagnostic, planning, and treatment tools.
Stay on the leading edge of the most popular orthodontic treatment option — and watch your practice grow.
Learn from a leading expert
As an Invisalign Sapphire Provider, coordinator of the Invisalign University Program, and Align Technology Faculty, Dr. Sandra Khong Tai is a leading global expert in clear aligner technology — she travels the world sharing her knowledge with other professionals.
Convenient format
You don't need to let your own practice fall to the wayside while you train in the art and science of perfecting patients' smiles. Learn online at your own pace over 12 weeks — or join an intensive two-day immersion inside Dr. Tai's own clinic.
Unique, comprehensive approach
The programs cover the A-to-Z of clear aligner technique. Attendees receive structured training, hands-on experience, and ClinCheck treatment-planning review — so they leave confident in their ability to provide remarkable care.
02 — The Programs
Two ways to master aligners
Online · For Dentists & Orthodontists · 30 CE Credits
Orthodontic Mini-Residency in Clear Aligner Technique
Open to both general dentists and orthodontists: twelve modules from basic principles to premolar extraction protocols and advanced ClinCheck techniques, with an alumni community and lifetime mentorship. Recover your investment with a single aligner patient.
Explore the Online Course
In-Office · Orthodontists Only · 14 CE Credits
The Invisalign In-Practice Immersion
For orthodontists only — eight doctors, two days inside Astra Orthodontics in Vancouver: live patient sessions, hands-on ClinCheck planning of your own cases, and the digital workflows behind more than 6,000 treated cases.
View 2026–27 Dates
03 — The Textbook
Get Dr. Tai's clinical handbook
Clear aligners are the future of orthodontics — but digital orthodontics evolves so rapidly it's hard to keep pace. “Clear Aligner Technique” approaches treatment from a diagnosis and treatment-planning perspective: time-tested principles like biomechanics and anchorage, applied case by case, from software planning through clinical execution and finishing.
“This textbook is a must-have reference for the dentist or orthodontist who performs clear aligner treatment in his or her practice.”Dr. Robert L. Boyd, DDS, MEd — Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific
04 — The Founder
Dr. Sandra Khong Tai
BDS, MS, Cert Ortho, FCDS(BC), FRCD(C)
Dr. Tai received her graduate training in Orthodontics at the University of Minnesota. She is a practicing Specialist in Orthodontics in Vancouver, Canada, Clinical Assistant Professor in Orthodontics at the University of British Columbia, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of the Pacific and the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics and the European Board of Aligner Orthodontics.
An Invisalign Sapphire Provider with more than 6,000 lifetime cases, she is the author of “Clear Aligner Technique” (Quintessence Publishing) — now in its second edition and translated into 13 languages — and one of the pioneer testing doctors for Invisalign with Mandibular Advancement and Invisalign First.
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