Dr. Robert Lawson graduated with honors from Dundee University in 1989. He worked in the Hospital service in Dundee, Canterbury and Glasgow before gaining his Fellowship in Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1992. He then completed his Orthodontic Specialist Training, graduating with distinction in his Masters degree from the University of Wales and his Membership in Orthodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, where he was awarded the gold medal in 1996. He has worked in Specialist Orthodontic Practice in Edinburgh since 1996.
The 3M™ Digital Bonding system allows for customized treatment planning in the 3M™ Oral Care Portal and a streamlined bonding process featuring brackets pre-coated with our 3M™ APC™ Flash-Free Adhesive.
Using the 3M™ Oral Care Portal, the same intuitive interface used for 3M™ Clarity™ Aligners, doctors can order digital bonding trays. 3M’s treatment designers will provide suggested bracket positions which doctors can modify in the Portal. In fact, since the ordering takes place in the Oral Care Portal, doctors can mix aligner and bracket treatment in the same case. From the 3M™ Tx Design, a bonding tray is created for doctors to load brackets to the specified positions and orientations. This tray delivers the brackets to teeth with an accuracy of 0.21 mm in the occlusal-gingival direction and 0.02 mm in the mesial-distal direction.