What is it?

Invisalign is a method of performing orthodontic treatment to straighten and align your teeth using clear trays/aligners and small tooth colored filling attachments on your teeth.

These aligners move teeth in a biomechanically different way than your conventional metal brackets and wires, however, both treatment methods lead to the same result: A beautiful, balanced, aligned smile!

Benefits

• Because aligners are clear and the tooth-coloured filling “buttons” that are bonded to your teeth are less visible, many patients prefer this form of orthodontic treatment over conventional braces. Oftentimes people would never even guess you were going through orthodontic treatment.

• You are able to remove the trays and since there are no wires permanently bonded in your mouth you can brush and floss normally! Hurrah! This leads to easier home care for kids and adults alike.

Why Might You Want to Pursue Invisalign Treatment?

Ultimately, with any orthodontic treatment, we are trying to achieve a straighter more aligned smile and a more functional bite where the teeth come together, as nature intended them to. By straightening your teeth you will reap the following benefits:

• Easier to brush and floss between your teeth because of easier access

• More comfortable bite if the teeth are coming together in the correct positions (like puzzle pieces)

• Allows for other treatments such as crowns, bridges, implants, and even fillings to be more predictable long term

• A properly aligned bite helps distribute pressure evenly, reducing unnecessary wear on teeth and promoting long-term strength and comfort. This can also help prevent stress fractures and sensitivity

What Does Invisalign Mean for YOU?

Because these aligners are removable, we are placing a greater responsibility on the patient to wear the aligners for 22+ hours a day for the treatment to progress and succeed.

Typically each aligner will be switched for your next one after about a week of wear.

We recommend removing your aligners when you eat and also to brush and floss your teeth.

We do NOT recommended that you drink overly hot drinks with your aligners in as this can irreversibly warp the plastic itself.

Throughout your Invisalign treatment we highly recommend you maintain your regular maintenance check ups and cleanings. Sometimes we will recommend you come see your hygienist more frequently while undergoing treatment just to give you the extra bit of help you may need to clean around the clear buttons placed on your teeth.

Procedure

Typically we will need to see you for a consultation to evaluate your mouth to determine if you are a good candidate for Invisalign at our office.

Photos of your face and teeth as well as an updated panoramic x-ray will be taken.

We will do a thorough extraoral and intraoral examination, taking measurements of your bite and spacing or crowding as well.

We will determine if your particular case would be best treated with Invisalign therapy at our clinic and if so we will do a 3D scan of your mouth as well.

If your case is deemed to be more extensive in the amount of correction needed, we will gladly refer you to one of our trusted orthodontists who will be able to better guide you with your treatment.