Clear aligners offer an almost-invisible option for orthodontic treatment for both teens and adults. Clear aligners can treat most common teeth-straightening and bite issues, but they may not always be the right fit for your specific needs.
Straighten Your Teeth Discreetly with Clear Aligners
Clear aligners are made of nearly invisible polyurethane plastic. Rather than being cemented or bonded to the teeth like metal or clear braces, clear aligners are completely removable! You can remove them for social occasions, photos, eating, and — most importantly — for regular brushing and flossing.
If you’re considering clear aligners, just remember: with great power comes great responsibility. For this form of treatment to be successful, you must resist the temptation to take your aligners out more than is advised. You must wear clear aligners at least 22 hours a day for them to be fully effective.
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Incredible Comfort
Clear aligners are made of soft, flexible material that will not irritate the soft tissues of the mouth like metal wires and braces often do.
Improved Oral Hygiene
With an orthodontic appliance that is removable, you will be able to clean your teeth much more easily than if you were wearing metal braces.
No Food Restrictions
Because they’re completely removable, there are NO food restrictions with clear aligners! So you can still bite into an apple or a crispy pizza crust.
How Clear Aligners Work
Clear aligners work much like traditional braces — by applying carefully controlled force to teeth to move them into a better position. But instead of metal, they are made of clear, flexible plastic.
We use specialized computer software to design a plan for moving your teeth from their current positions into the best possible alignment. This movement will be broken down into, perhaps, several dozen stages.
For each stage, you will receive two customized mouth “trays” or “aligners” — one to fit over your top teeth and one for the bottom. You will wear this first set of trays for two weeks, for a minimum of 22 hours per day.
You will then move on to the next set of aligners in your series to accomplish the next stage of gradual movement. You will keep doing this until your teeth are correctly aligned.
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