Aria starts from the way you describe a case to a colleague, not from a form. You write the plan as it comes to you, and the work is turning it into a run of appointments that holds up over time.
Describe the case the way you would say it
One sentence is enough to start: the teeth involved and what you intend to do on them. List the procedures in any order you like, because putting them in the right order is exactly what Aria is for.
Write in your own notation. If you work in Universal, write 3; if you work in FDI, write 16. The market you selected decides which notation Aria reads and displays.
Answer the clarification questions
Before generating anything, Aria asks the questions that actually change the plan: whether a tooth is restorable, whether you want a provisional, whether a deadline constrains the case. These are the questions a colleague would ask before answering you.
Those answers are not decoration: the clarified plan, not your first sentence, is what the generation works from. One precise answer here beats ten corrections later.
Read the sequence, then decide
The sequence arrives as ordered appointments, each with a duration and a delay before the next. You also see what the plan means in fees per chair hour, before treatment has begun.
Nothing is locked. You move things, you correct them, you ask for a reorganization, and you validate when the sequence matches how you actually work. Validation is deliberate: until you validate, a proposal stays a proposal.
Aria never decides for you. It proposes an organization and shows what it costs in time and fees; the clinical decision remains entirely yours.