Invisalign’s system of thermoplastic aligners is not the only orthodontic treatment option for people looking for straighter and more consistently spaced teeth. For some people, traditional braces — sometimes tweaked with some non-traditional advances — are good or even the best appropriate option. Straightening your teeth with Invisalign near you offers some unique and compelling advantages that traditional braces can’t offer. Here are six compelling advantages in just one word and alphabetical order.
If the advantages of Invisalign look attractive to you, make an appointment with a dentist near you and ask if Invisalign is the right choice for helping you to achieve your goals.
Comfortable
There’s an inherent risk to walking around with an arrangement of metal wires and brackets between and cemented to your teeth. Those wires and brackets poke and protrude against your gums and cheeks, where you may experience abrasions, irritation, and soreness. Invisalign in NW Calgary eliminates all that discomfort. Your aligners will fit snugly against your teeth without any sharp edges or protrusions against the soft tissues in your mouth.
Convenient
Follow-up appointments while receiving orthodontic treatment with braces involve removing and adjusting the archwires that connect the metal brackets on your teeth. Your dentist might even clean your teeth once those wires have been removed and make any necessary repairs before returning those archwires to your teeth. All those steps combine to make those follow-up appointments lengthy and sometimes uncomfortable. Not so with Invisalign.
During your Invisalign treatment plan, you’ll attend occasional follow-up appointments with your dentist in NW Calgary, but of a very different sort. There will be no wires to remove, repair or replace since there are no wires at all. Your dentist in Royal Oak won’t need to clean your teeth for you because you’ll have been able to do that yourself. (More about that in a moment.) Instead, those appointments will be an opportunity to discuss any concerns and to confirm that your plan is on track.
Healthier
Keeping your teeth clean while working around the archwires and brackets comprising traditional braces can be challenging. While wearing Invisalign in Royal Oak, maintaining your oral hygiene habits and keeping your teeth and gums clean is a breeze. You’ll be able to brush and floss normally because you’ll be able to do so after taking your aligners out and while your teeth are completely braces-free. Your smile will be brighter, and your breath fresher than ever.
Invisible
If you think of “train tracks” when you think of orthodontic treatment, it’s time to put those stale-dated images out of your mind. Braces indeed come with a certain amount of stigma and embarrassment. Still, Invisalign has solved that problem by relying on clear — yes, we said clear — thermoplastic aligners to move your teeth gradually. As long as you keep your teeth and aligners clean, as your dentist will explain, no one needs to know you’re undergoing orthodontic treatment. It’ll be your little secret (though it may not be something you want to keep!)
Predictable
Thanks to advances in digital photography, dental imaging, and computer simulations, your treatment plan will include detailed and step-by-step projections of every step in your transition toward straight teeth. You’ll know from the outset what your final result will look like, and you’ll leave your dentist’s office with a precise schedule of when you’ll switch from one aligner to the next as you get closer to your goal.
Removable
Traditional braces are an excellent option for achieving straighter teeth for many people, but they come with at least one significant downside: you’re stuck with them… often for years. These braces will appear in every photograph and be part of every special occasion, casual meal, first kiss, job interview or big presentation. For many adults, the physical appearance of braces has been an obstacle to pursuing orthodontic treatment when doing so is finally accessible. Opting for Invisalign in NW Calgary brings discrete treatment within reach. You can remove your aligners to eat, brush, and floss — and even for special occasions, photographs, presentations, job interviews or intimate moments — as long as you wear them for 20 to 22 hours daily to keep your plan on track.
