clear orthodontic aligners
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CLEAR ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS ALTERNATIVE OF
ADULT ORTHODONTICS
• CLEAR ALIGNER has been developed especially for treating adults and allows aligning your teeth in a smooth way – without clasps, screws or brackets.
• Instead of metal elements you’ll be wearing a biocompatible resin splint, almost unnoticed by your surroundings.
• The splint can be taken out and cleaned easily at any time.
WHAT IS CLEAR ALIGNERS????
Before After
• You’ll achieve a great smile with little interference in your daily life. The best part about the whole process is that most people won't even know you're straightening your teeth.
•During the treatment, the splint will be exchanged several times, guaranteeing that each splint will be adjusted to your individual treatment progress and that your teeth are corrected smoothly step by step.
• Clear Aligners (also known as Clear Braces, Invisible Braces and Invisible Aligners) have become increasingly popular in recent years.
ADVANTAGES:• Invisible, very thin, and don’t impede speech
•Since Clear aligners are removable, so it is easier to brush and floss after meals.
• Ideal for adult patients who are reluctant to have a lengthy orthodontic treatment wearing metal brackets or bulky removable appliances.
• An excellent tool for final correction after orthodontic treatment, or Inman Aligner
• Can realign teeth after relapse post-orthodontic treatment• Best for aligning mild crowding and spacing of anterior teeth• Most effective in labial, lingual & rotation movement with
some limited intrusion and extrusion• A single posterior tooth can be moved buccally or lingually• Simple cases can be finished with only two or three aligners
•DISADVANTAGES:•Initially there can be slurred speech• Pain from tooth movement during aligner changes• Errors with impressions resulting in delayed treatment or mid-course corrections.• Losing the aligners during treatment• Results may relapse if proper retainer wear is not followed as directed by your doctor.• Sores and irritation of the soft tissue of the
mouth• High Cost
INDICATION• Mild to moderate
crowding(1-6mm)• Mild to moderate
spacing• Crooked tooth• Cross bite• Rotated tooth
HOW DOES IT WORK!!!• Getting started:• You and your doctor will then evaluate your teeth and talk
about any problems or goals you have for your smile. • Once you and your doctor establish that Clear aligners is the
right treatment option for you, your doctor will take impressions, photos, and x-rays of your teeth.
• According to that lab manufacturing your custom aligners.
• YOUR CUSTOM TREATMENT PLAN
•Your doctor sends your records — your impressions, photos, and x-rays — to lab with a prescription for your custom aligners.•Lab uses your records to create exact 3D models of your teeth.
•Lab maps out a complete treatment plan of gradual adjustment that takes your teeth from where they are currently to where you and your doctor want them to end up.
•Once completed, you and your doctor will be able to preview the projected results of your treatment in your "treatment set-up," a computer representation of your teeth before and after treatment.
•YOUR ALIGNERS ARE COMPUTER CRAFTED
• When you and your doctor are satisfied with the projected results shown in your treatment set-up, the manufacturing process begins. • Using the latest digital mapping and molding technology, lab creates your custom aligners with computer precision. • lab then sends your aligners to your doctor for delivery to you.
• PROGRESS WEARING YOUR ALIGNERS
• You are advised to wear your aligners all the time, except while eating and drinking or during daily tooth care, such as brushing and flossing.
•When using aligners, a series of slightly different trays are tailor-made in order to fit over your teeth. You must wear each one for a period of 20 hours a day for two weeks before switching to the next in the line.
•Your Clear aligners are so clear they are barely noticeable so they won't have an impact on your day to day life.
• Aligner by aligner, you'll be able to see the difference as your teeth slowly adjust and align to your target smile.
• You'll visit your doctor periodically for checkups to see how you're progressing until you eventually have the great smile you've always wanted.
Both of them are straightening their teeth
Which One you choose?? Braces or Smile aligners ??!!
