Important Things You Need To Know About Invisalign

Metal braces can be very fiddly when it comes to cleaning your teeth properly and plaque can easily become trapped in areas where it is difficult for a brush to reach, whilst flossing is nigh on impossible. As Invisalign clear aligners can be removed, brushing your teeth and flossing regularly is no problem at all.

Invisalign can’t be used for children as it requires fully grown teeth in order to be effective, however, it is perfectly suited to teenagers. As growing up can be a difficult time for many teenagers without having to draw attention to crooked teeth by wearing braces, Invisalign provides a discreet solution to help teenagers correct their teeth and feel more confident.

Metal braces can easily break or be damaged when eating certain foods and so they must be avoided. As Invisalign mouthpieces are removed at meal times, there is no need to avoid certain foods and most patients have no trouble adjusting to inserting and removing their clear aligners.

For Invisalign to work properly, your mouthpiece must be worn for around 22 hours a day; only taken out to eat, drink some liquids and to clean the teeth. In addition to wearing Invisalign every day, treatment can often last for a minimum of a year, but in some cases, to get the desired results, treatment can last as long as three years. Treatment time is roughly the same as with traditional braces.

Invisalign treatment is completely personalised to treat you. To create a set of clear aligners to help guide your teeth, 3D technology is used to scan your teeth to create a mould for a one of a kind mouthpiece to fit you.

Invisalign can provide an ideal solution for a number of orthodontic issues, however, for more complex problems such as severe bite discrepancies, it isn’t the right solution. To be sure whether the treatment is right for you, it’s important to contact a professional that has experience working with Invisalign.

Metal braces are notoriously uncomfortable and painful. The brackets and wires rub off the flesh of the inside of the mouth, making life difficult. When tightened on a regular basis, metal braces are also painful, making the teeth highly sensitive for some time. As Invisalign fit over the teeth, they are much less bulky and don’t irritate the flesh inside the mouth to anywhere near the level that metal braces do. Rather than being tightened, Invisalign clear aligners are simply changed to a new set around every 2 weeks and there is less pressure on the teeth. Pain is usually only very minor.

Whilst traditional metal braces are very much visible, as brackets are fixed to the teeth and metal wires are threaded through, Invisalign uses clear trays that fit onto the teeth much like a gum shield. Whilst Invisalign clear aligners are not completely invisible, they make use of transparent medical grade plastic and are very difficult to see when compared with metal braces.