Company: ALGN
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001097149-25-000064
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Company: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
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 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 28, 2025.

Executive Overview of Results

Trends and Uncertainties

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Our strategic priorities focus on four principal pillars for growth: (i) international expansion; (ii) general dental practitioners (“GP”) treatment; (iii) patient demand; and (iv) orthodontic utilization. Our growth strategy depends on our ability to facilitate the digital transformation of dentistry, our continuous focus on innovation, and expansion to meet and exceed evolving customer expectations as the array of products and services available to them increases. Below is a discussion of the significant trends and uncertainties that could impact our operations:

Macroeconomic Challenges, Trade Impediments and Geopolitical Tensions 

Our revenues are susceptible to fluctuations resulting from events and circumstances, including macroeconomic conditions, threats or actual imposition of tariffs, inflation, higher interest rates, customs duties and fees by nations and retaliatory actions, threats of or actual slowdowns or recessions, wages, debt obligations, discretionary income, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, supply chain challenges, market volatility, employment levels, health insurance coverage, and other factors, each of which impacts customer confidence, consumer sentiment and ultimately demand for dental services. Many of these factors also impact the availability of certain raw materials, parts and components used in our products as well as our costs and those of our suppliers through higher raw material prices, transportation costs, labor costs, supply and distribution operations. In the second quarter of 2025, we believe sales of our products were adversely impacted by certain macroeconomic conditions, including  global tariff volatility, inflation, and higher interest rates, that negatively affected dental patient demand. Patient traffic growth remained uneven for many doctors, with orthodontic starts down for four consecutive years. We believe uncertainty not only impacts consumer purchasing decisions but also the decisions that doctors make, especially those doctors who offer both clear aligners and wires and brackets and who have existing inventories of wire and brackets and the time to treat patients when orthodontic starts are slowing or diminishing. In the second quarter of 2025, we believe this resulted in an increase in orthodontic starts using brackets and wires in lieu of clear aligners. We believe these trends may continue as long as consumer economic uncertainty persists, particularly if tariffs or the threat of tariffs and retaliatory actions impair discretionary spending. We also expect the geopolitical conflicts involving Ukraine, the Middle East, China and other regions will continue to add to market uncertainties and dampen