Align Technology has received a product registration certificate for the Invisalign system from the Federal Service on Surveillance in Healthcare and Social Development of the Russian Federation.
This regulatory approval allows Align to train doctors and sell Invisalign Full, Invisalign Lite, Invisalign Teen, and Vivera Retainers throughout Russia.
Align is also launching Invisalign in the Middle East, according to the company.
To date, Dental Couture -- Align's distributor in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa -- has already trained more than 30 orthodontists in Russia and more than 200 doctors in Turkey, Dubai, and Saudi Arabia.