Dear Patient, Congratulations on your choice to seek after worked on smile designing with the Invisalign machine! Kindly read this article cautiously and understand your Invisalign treatment with our group.
Invisalign aligners are intended to fix your teeth like ordinary orthodontics, without metal supports. Invisalign treatment comprises of a progression of clear plastic aligners that you wear for the course of your treatment to move your teeth into a better position. The quantity of aligners and the time allotment are dictated by the treatment plan grew explicitly for you.
DURING YOUR INVISALIGN APPOINTMENTS
RECORDS APPOINTMENT – 50 minutes:
You will have definite sweep of your teeth and photos taken. In the event that you don't have a current full mouth X-beam on document, we should take another one. Your next arrangement will be in roughly 3 weeks. We will hold on to plan this arrangement once we know when your case will be conveyed back to our office.
FIRST APPOINTMENT: An Hour:
You will get the last guidelines about the wear and care of your aligners. We will then, at that point place your first arrangement of aligners and show you how to embed and eliminate them. These guidelines are likewise included inside this booklet.
At this arrangement, we will likewise put toothcolored connections on your teeth .We will have you come onve in two months to accept your next set of aligners. You need to accompany the current aligner set in your mouth. We will ensure your teeth are following or moving, as they ought to in the aligners. Any IPR (slenderizing) required will be done and new aligners will be put. The quantity of checking arrangements relies upon the quantity of aligner sets that have been endorsed. Visits will proceed until you have effectively finished the entirety of your treatment. Following your last set, an assessment is planned to decide whether retainers can be requested or then again if further refining is required.
TREATMENT PROGRESS:
The main variable for achievement of your Invisalign treatment is your consistence to wear the aligners as trained. Aligners should be worn at least of 22 hours of the day, no matter what. Invisalign ONLY works when you are wearing them. The lone time the aligners ought to be out of your mouth is the point at which you are eating and drinking, brushing and flossing, or cleaning the aligners. Wear each aligner for a MINIMUM of about fourteen days, or as coordinated by the specialist. Regardless of whether it might appear to be that the current aligner is free and done moving your teeth, it might take more time for the roots to find the crown of the tooth. In the event that you miss some days under any circumstance, get back on track and wear the aligners for an entire 14 days MINIMUM. Additionally, call the workplace and let us know.
Inclusion:
Each aligner is stepped with a letter and a number (U for upper and L for lower, shown on each aligner). The number relates to the quantity of the aligners in succession. Ensure you have the legitimate aligner in the appropriate number succession as set apart on each aligner. While embeddings, delicately push the aligners over your front teeth. Then, at that point, apply strain to the highest points of the left and right molars until they fit properly. Try not to nibble your aligners into place. Ensure each aligner is ALL THE WAY DOWN and completely situated. You ought not perceive any space between the edge of the tooth and the edge of the aligner. In the event that the aligner isn't completely set up, the teeth won't move as expected and the following aligner will be significantly further off. This can squander numerous long stretches of treatment and even reason beginning once again with conceivable additional charges.
Expulsion:
To eliminate the aligners, pull off similarly on the two sides of the back teeth first, and afterward tenderly takeoff of the front teeth. Continuously flush the aligners in chilly water and store in the legitimate holder. To forestall harm, keep away from superfluous expulsion. Try not to utilize sharp items to remove your aligners.
CARE OF ALIGNERS:
Clean your aligners before every addition. You can utilize toothpaste and a toothbrush. Wash under running water and brush until clean. Never use dental replacement cleaner or absorb liquor or dye, as the aligners will be harmed, become overcast and entirely noticeable when you wear them again. Never place aligners in bubbling or boiling water to clean them, as they will become twisted and not fit.
Putting away ALIGNERS:
Always place the aligners in the cases gave. Never place aligners in napkins or some other case. Never place aligners in a pocket that can be sat on. KEEP ALL PREVIOUS aligners in a Ziploc pack at home. On the off chance that you unintentionally lose an aligner, summon us right and wear the past aligner if accessible. It is basic that you are continually wearing an aligner regardless of whether the current one becomes lost. There will be a charge for harmed, lost, or disposed of aligners
Oral Hygiene: Brush and floss ordinarily with the aligners out. Attempt to brush subsequent to eating and before re-embeddings the aligners. Huge food particles might forestall appropriate inclusion.
Eating: There are no food limitations with Invisalign. Notwithstanding, aligners should ALWAYS be eliminated when eating.
Drinking: Except for cold or room temperature water, consistently eliminate aligners when drinking anything. Any liquid will get inside the aligners and be held against your teeth, perhaps for quite a long time, making staining or harm the teeth and aligners.
Try not to: Chew gum or smoke while wearing aligners.
REFINEMENT: Refinement is normal as a rule to "adjust" how the nibble fits together. As a rule, the presence of your smile will be palatable now. In any case, with the end goal for it to last, it needs to work effectively. The interaction incorporates sending new impressions or an output and new photos to Invisalign®. These will be utilized to make more arrangements of aligners to accomplish the ideal outcomes. Some portion of the refining system might include an equilibration of your nibble. Equilibration is the method involved with making little acclimations to the states of your back teeth to assist them with fitting together better. This system might be finished before making your retainers or after the retainers are set up. Minor changes in accordance with the chomp are normal .
RETAINERS Once treatment is finished, we will arrange retainers. You will wear your retainers full time, similar to your Invisalign aligners for about a month and a half. After this time the retainers are then worn around evening time just – always, or as long as you need your teeth to stay straight. We do suggest this, however most patients decide to wear retainers daily for a very long time; then, at that point following 9 months, 2 evenings per week to keep up with the situation of the teeth. Insignificantly, wear them 2 evenings per week, in a perfect world consistently. Sadly, without retainer use it is feasible for your teeth to move awkward once more. Your retainers will ultimately wear out, which will bring about them losing their capacity to work appropriately, permitting your teeth to move. You should supplant your retainers when this happens
Your endorsed number of aligners.
All normal observing visits each 6 two months.
Additional tweaking aligners.
Minor nibble equilibration or change.
One full arrangement of retainers (upper and lower).
Extra aligners requested from Invisalign because of tearing or loss of aligners.
Impressions taken for impermanent aligners.
Extra aligners if because of rebelliousness.
Change in unique course of treatment – models:
TMJ issues.
A patient decides to change the treatment result to some different option from what the specialist recommended.
Unexpected dental necessities that emerge (chipped, broken, cracked, hurting teeth, and so on).
They ought to be worn insignificantly 22 hours every day. You should just eliminate them to eat, and clean your teeth. Any remaining times and night they ought to be worn.
All together for the aligners to work appropriately each set should be worn for 22 hours/day for the quantity of days recommended.
Each time you brush your teeth, take out the aligners and completely brush within and outside of them with cool water. For most patients this is everything necessary to keep them clean. Keep your aligners clean since inability to do as such can bring about rot, gum issues, or potentially terrible breath.
Other cleaning choices are:
1 tablespoon white vinegar to 1 cup water and splash for 10 minutes then, at that point brush with toothbrush and toothpaste.
No, you should eliminate your aligners to eat anything and try not to bite gum. Eating in your aligners might make them tear or break.
It is suggested that you just beverage clear cool fluids or water while wearing your aligners. Dull refreshments (espresso, tea, red wine) may stain your aligners. Sugary and acidic beverages (Soda, Gatorade, Red Bull, orange juice etc.) should not be consumed while wearing aligners due to risk of erosion and/or causing cavities.
It is recommended that you only drink clear cool liquids or water while wearing your aligners. Dark beverages (coffee, tea, red wine) may stain your aligners. Sugary and acidic beverages (Soda, Gatorade, Red Bull, orange juice etc.) should not be consumed while wearing aligners due to risk of erosion and/or causing cavities.
Yes, it is normal for you to have some discomfort on certain teeth. You may feel some discomfort for 1-2 days. Taking some over the counter pain medication (Ibuprofen, Advil, Tylenol, Aleve) as needed will minimize this discomfort.
After wearing your current set of aligners for the specified time, the most ideal time to switch to your next set is shortly before bed. Brush, floss and rinse your mouth, then place the next set of aligners and then do not remove them until you are ready to eat or brush your teeth the next morning. Patients claim that this greatly reduces the discomfort with the movement of their teeth.
Yes, aligners can break or tear. You need to be careful removing them from your mouth and do not eat with them in. Both actions can cause your aligners to tear or break. We will instruct you on the proper way to remove the aligners from your mouth.
If you lose or break your aligners during the course of treatment please call our office at 7506808008. We will decide if you can move to the next set of aligners or if we need to reorder the set you lost. It may be necessary to have you back up to your previous aligner and wear it until a replacement aligner can be ordered.
IPR (slenderizing) is a safe, quick and effective way of creating the necessary space between crowded teeth in order to align them. Using a series of polishing instruments we can remove very small pre-determined amounts of enamel between your teeth (where floss goes) so that the teeth have room to move into proper alignment. There is no discomfort with this process and is completed with only topical gel anesthetic placed on the gum.
Attachments are designed to retain aligners as well as aid in the specific type of movement needed to properly align your teeth. Attachments are bonded onto the outside of your teeth, tooth-colored and no anesthetic is needed to place them. At the end of your treatment they will be removed and the teeth smoothed and polished prior to having your retainers made. Because the attachments are temporarily bonded to the tooth, they can occasionally come off the tooth. This is of no urgent concern; we see you and reattach the attachment at your next visit.
Your treatment cannot work as set up if you do not commit to wearing your aligners as you are directed. The aligners need 150-300 hours each to move and settle your teeth (depending on the amount of the tooth movement) before the next set is worn. If you deviate from the treatment course, there may be an additional fee to complete the treatment.
Yes, at-home systems will whiten your teeth. As part of your Invisalign treatment with us, we give you bleach gel that you can put inside your aligners. This is a benefit of doing the treatment in our office as it is included at no additional fee.
