{"id":2085,"date":"2021-07-23T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T06:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2085"},"modified":"2025-02-12T07:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T07:40:26","slug":"invisible-braces-are-they-any-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/invisible-braces-are-they-any-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Invisible braces; are they any good?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We\nhave been supplying Invisalign\nin St. John’s Wood<\/a>, for many years and have had great experiences with\nseeing our patients through treatment schedules using invisible aligners, let’s\ntalk more about them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What are invisible aligners?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invisible aligners are an orthodontic tool; it’s\nrole is to progressively straighten your teeth over time. They are in thin\nplastic forms which you wear over your teeth; they fit very snuggly to the\npoint of being slightly tight, but this is the sensation of the system pushing\non your teeth over time. It is that consistent pressure which will coax your\nteam to adopt a new position;exactly which position this is depends on the shape\nof the aligner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This makes the shape of the aligners the most\ncritical element for treatment. Unlike a brace which is worn for the entire\npatient orthodontic journey, clear aligners are only worn for 2-weeks each, as\npart of a series of aligners making up the length of the treatment. This could\nbe anywhere between 4 months and 2 years depending on the starting and\nfinishing position as well as how the patient’s teeth respond to treatment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are invisible aligners invisible?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invisible aligners and one of their earliest\nmanufacturers options that we use in the clinic are not strictly invisible but\ndue to being completely translucent and very thin, they are hardly noticeable\nwhen being worn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invisalign in St.John\u2019s Wood<\/strong> has been particularly popular with adult orthodontic patients; this\nseems to be due to a higher expectation amount. Our adult cohorts as teenagers\nand young adults usually use NHS funded braces, and have to wait to see the\nresults of the orthodontic care when they finally have their braces. But this\nis not true with Invisalign in St.John Wood<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another aspect that makes clear aligners more\nappropriate for adult patients is the removability; you must, of course, return\nthem to your mouth and wear them for 22 hours each day for the treatment to\nwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computer-aided dentistry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most innovative aspects of invisible aligners\nis the use of computer aided design and the 3D scan of the patient teeth in\norder to design and iron out the treatment schedule. This gives better\npredictive results, so we can show our patients a real-time example of how\ntheir teeth will look upon completion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is this computer aided design that allows\naligners to be sent through to 3D printers and manufactured. It can take as\nlittle as four weeks for a set of aligners to be produced from a 3D scan and sent\nto our clinic, allowing you to start your treatment promptly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to how critical the shape of an aligner is to\nan effective treatment, there are certain do’s and don’ts with your aligner;\nthey can be quite sensitive to heat and easily warped in a washing machine or\ntumble dryer. This can easily occur by cleaning your aligner in hot water, so\ntake care to not throw your aligner in with your washing or into a tumble\ndryer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have been supplying Invisalign in St. John’s Wood, for many years and have had great experiences with seeing our patients through treatment schedules using invisible aligners, let’s talk more about them. What are invisible aligners? Invisible aligners are an orthodontic tool; it’s role is to progressively straighten your teeth over time. They are in … Continue reading Invisible braces; are they any good?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Invisible braces; are they any good? | %%sitetitle%%","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-invisalign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}