Invisalign Advantages
Aesthetics: These aligners are clear, allowing you to undergo teeth straightening that is virtually invisible. This is a true advantage over traditional braces, particularly for teens and young adults.
Removable: These braces come off for snacks, meals, and for you to brush and floss daily. This means you can enjoy all your favorite foods without exception.
Comfortable: There are no metal wires or brackets to abrade soft oral tissues making the aligners much more comfortable than traditional braces.
Convenient: With traditional braces, you must visit the dentist to have wires manipulated to keep teeth moving. With Invisalign, you keep teeth moving by replacing your aligners with the next in the series about every two weeks.
How Invisalign Works
You will consult with your dentist … photos, impressions, and x-rays will be taken. These are the tools that the Invisalign lab will use to fabricate your series of aligners utilizing 3D digital technology.
The time needed to correct your malocclusion will depend on the severity of your condition. Aligners will be provided as needed. You will be instructed to wear aligners a minimum of twenty to twenty-two hours every day. Aligners should only be removed for snacks, meals, brushing, and flossing daily.
Just as tightening wires advances teeth movement with standard braces, Invisalign works when each new aligner fits snuggly when first placed and teeth move to fit the aligner. New aligners are put into place about every two weeks keeping teeth moving to their correct placement.
At the completion of treatment, a very important final step involves wearing a retainer. The retainer looks very much like the aligners; it is designed to be worn long enough for teeth and the bones that hold them in place to develop a memory of their new placement. Failure to wear the retainer as directed can lead to teeth shifting back to their original location.
You will gain newfound confidence when you see how quickly changes take place with Invisalign clear aligners. For more information or to schedule a consultation, contact our team at Aesthetic Dental Partners today.
