Dr Vicki Vlaskalic
As recipient of an Australian Society of Orthodontics research scholarship, Dr Vlaskalic travelled to the United States. At the Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry, Pacific University San Francisco, she conducted the 1998 initial feasibility trial and published the first paper on digital clear aligners in 2000. Since that time she has been involved in the innovation, clinical practice and teaching of computer programmed clear aligner therapy.