Grin
A responsible teeth aligner platform
Role: UX, Visual
DesignDate: 2020
Duration: 9 Months
Team: Angelica Cupat, Steph Lee
Intro
Grin is a responsible teeth aligner company based in NYC. They are challenging the ‘do it yourself’ aligner companies by making the process easier and cheaper with more orthodontist oversight. They asked us to design a mobile app to guide their patients through teeth alignment and an orthodontist web app to manage and communicate with their patients.
Research
Grin is a responsible teeth aligner company based in NYC. They are challenging the ‘do it yourself’ aligner companies by making the process easier and cheaper with more orthodontist oversight. They asked us to design a mobile app to guide their patients through teeth alignment and an orthodontist web app to manage and communicate with their patients.
Journey Map
Straightening your teeth is a long complicated treatment that takes years to complete. We mapped out this process and how it affects the different users over time.
Timeline Navigation
A journey this complicated and linear required the app to change its function over time. We went with a timeline navigation to guide the patient through treatment.
Finding an Ortho
The first step in the journey is to find the right ortho for you. See specialists in your area, read reviews and book a consultation.(This step might be skipped if they go to an ortho first)
Plan
After your in person consultation you get a video of your ortho explaining the plan to you with a simulation of how your teeth will move.
Prep
While you wait for your first shipment of aligners you can watch tutorials about proper care and maintenance.
Treatment
After your in person consultation you get a video of your ortho explaining the plan to you with a simulation of how your teeth will move.
Daily Logging
Aligner wearing adherence is the most important factor for the success of treatment. We wanted to encourage the habit of wearing aligners with a daily checkin from with your ortho. This makes the patient accountable and notifies the ortho if patients start to fall off the habit.
Treatment
Instead of in-person visits grin gives you a scan device to help you send your orthodontist clean photos of your teeth.
Ortho Patient Tracking
Some practices will be managing hundreds of patients in varying steps of treatment. It is important for orthodontists to quickly get a snap shot of their patients and address patient related tasks.
Reviewing Milestones
The ortho must review the patients scans to make sure they are on track. They decide if the patient is on track or they need to come in for a closer look.