Invisalign’ Transparent Teeth Aligners
By Anthony Brooklyn McShane on July 14, 2009
Dental braces are a common sight among teenagers and sometimes young adults. They are widely seen as quite unattractive and some of the younger children to have braces sometimes become the victims of playground bullies because of them.
There is an alternative option to having a mouth full of metal if you want straight teeth, and its called Invisalign. In this article I will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the Invisalign dental aligners. Essentially, the Invisalign aligners are a transparent plastic mould of your teeth that have been carefully designed to push your teeth into the desired position.
Obviously the first advantage of Invisalign is the look. They are clear moulds that sit over your teeth and are very difficult to see and so you can have your teeth straightened naturally using the Invisalign aligners and the chances are nobody would ever know.
Another big plus point for Invisalign is that the aligners can be removed at any time where a brace cant be and so everyday things like brushing your teeth and eating are not affected.
So given all of “Invisalign”s benefits when compared to braces, i.e. their transparency, their ease of replacability, as well as many claims that Invisalign aligners are more comfortable to wear than braces, it is clear to see why they are becoming popular among adults because they do not carry the same embarrassment factor as the traditional metal braces.
Now on to the disadvantages and strangely enough, they include one of the advantages. The fact that you can remove the Invisalign aligners at any point means that the overall effectiveness of them depends on how dedicated the individual is. They are only supposed to be removed during eating, drinking and tooth brushing, but people may not remember to put them straight back in or they might misplace them, either way the fact that the person has the choice of when the aligners are in and out means that a lot of the results depend on the individual.
The current cost of the Invisalign aligners may be another reason to opt against it. Because the technology is fairly new it is quite costly so it may be a little while before they fully replace the traditional wire brace as the traditional version is more affordable.
The material that their aligners are made from can sometimes trigger toxic or allergic sensitivity in some patients, although this is quite rare. There have been minor cases reported in the past of nausea, coughing and a sore throat, however in more serious cases there have been complaints of throat pain and swelling that has then passed through to the wind-passages. However this only occurs very rarely and generally, the aligners work well and result in near perfect teeth, as long as you don’t mind splashing some extra cash for them.
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