In 2005, I treated my first child using aligner orthodontics, in this case the Invisalign technique. At that time, orthodontists were not licensed to treat children; we were not allowed to do it. Only after the eruption of all permanent teeth except the third molars were we able to treat patients using Invisalign.

That didn’t make sense to me, so after several meetings with Align Technology, I started treating my first patient, then aged just 7 years. I can still hear the critics who at the time were unanimous in saying “You can’t do that, that’s not possible.”