Crowding and irregularities in the patients’ teeth may cause adults prevent and shame from smiling. Orthodontic treatment has been used for many years to eliminate the crowding in the teeth and success rate is really high. When many people hear the word of orthodontics, they think metal braces or brackets. Treatment of braces can last for a long time. Patients may even accept to live with their crowding problem just because of concerns about aesthetic look and not being able to use them easily.
Developing technology has been effective to make progress in dentistry as in all fields. For example, thanks to developing technology dental treatment can be done in 1 day. Patient may reach his/her new teeth in one day. Besides, the point reached by the developing technology in dentistry is not limited with crowns. It also offers a solution to the discomfortable process of orthodontic treatment: orthodontics with invisible aligners.
What is orthodontics with invisible aligners?
It is an alternative treatment method to metal braces. It is aimed to eliminate the crowding in the teeth with personalized aligners. Since the aligners are invisible, it does not noticed that patient is receiving orthodontic treatment. Orthodontic treatment with invisible aligners is preferred by more patients day by day, since it’s results are as succesful as traditional treatment’s.
What are the advantages of orthodontics with invisible aligners?
There has plenty of advantages of orthodontics with invisible aligners, which makes patients, who do not want to be treated generally, choose this treatment, since it provides solutions to biggest problems of traditional treatment methods.
Invisible: Since the aligners are almost invisible, it is really hard to notice them.
Comfortable: Using the invisible aligners are more comfortable than using the traditional ones. Because it is not metal, it does not cause any discomfort or does not affect the patient’s speaking.
Removable: Aligners can be removed when wanted. You can remove the aligners when you are eating or in an important moment and you can put them on later again.
Hygienic: It is easy to clean invisible aligners. The risks that we can see in traditional treatment like decay or gum recession, are minimalized since you can remove them when you are brushing your teeth.
Another advantage is seeing patient his/her results before the treatment. Treatment results can be seen as 3D with the system created in computer environment.
Orthodontic treatment with invisible aligners
Firstly you are examined by your dentist. In this stage your suitability to this treatment is determined. If you are suitable for this treatment, a personalized treatment plan is made and 3D simulation is created to you be able to see the results before.
Your aligners are made in 3D printers. The aligners are placed by your dentist and treatment is started. It is not true to give a special time, since the period of treatment can change from patient to patient. But mostly it is faster than the regular orthodontic treatment. Your treatment is completed by using the aligners regularly and your dentist’s follow up.