COMPARISON OF INVISALIGN WITH ORTHODONTICS

Teenagers and some adults are plagued every day by the thought that people are staring at their teeth. Not because they are perfectly straight or dazzlingly white but because they are wearing �train track� braces to reposition their teeth. Up until 1999 there had been little alternative treatment for individuals who needed their teeth adjusting, but then Invisalign orthodontic products became available.

An Invisalign �brace� consists of several detachable transparent aligners which fix onto the teeth. They are much less intrusive than traditional dental braces, which often have visible wires and small rubber bands pulling the bracket on some teeth together. Treatment usually takes the same length of time (up to 12 months)

The process of prescribing Invisalign involves the patient having a series of scans and moulds taken of their mouth. From these the aligners are formed and also the orthodontist must decide where the teeth will go and predict any problems along the way from a computer screen. For orthodontists used to treating their patients in person this can be a problem and especially for those who are less tech-savvy. For some orthodontists however, having just one diagnosis and plan of events at the start of treatment with just check ups (and little interference) during treatment is ideal. Whether Invisalign has more benefits for the orthodontist than conventional braces is really up to personal preference.

Perhaps the biggest advantage that Invisalign use has over conventional braces is that they are designed to be removed during meals and to brush the teeth twice a day. With conventional braces (which cannot be removed by the patient) food often gets stuck around the brackets and wires and is very difficult to remove with a toothbrush, whose bristles also get stuck. This means that oral hygiene for those with Invisalign braces is significantly improved.

Conventional braces can also be painful as the brackets which sit on the outside of the tooth rubs against the cheeks. The common solution for this is to apply a specially designed wax to the bracket, but this wax often crumbles away when in contact with saliva, during meal times or after brushing and is awkward.
It would be difficult for anyone to deny that conventional dental braces have their disadvantages (they are very visible, can cut the cheeks, make it difficult to uphold oral hygiene and require regular readjustment), whereas Invisalign eradicates many of these issues. It seems that like most other things in the world today, dental adjustment techniques are being updated and improved and soon we might see the traditional brace rendered obsolete in light of Invisalign products.

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