Invisalign Clear Aligners – Weatherford, TX

Crowded Teeth

Few people have naturally straight teeth. Too often the teeth are too close together. In some cases, they may even double up in the gums. This can make you feel insecure about your appearance, but it can also lead to oral health concerns.

When your teeth aren’t in their proper positions, it makes them more difficult to clean, especially in areas where they overlap. Even the best brushing and flossing habits can leave behind harmful food particles, plaque, and bacteria. This significantly increases your risk of tooth decay and gum disease.

You may also notice you suffer from bad breath, which can be another source of embarrassment. Misaligned teeth can also lead to uneven wear or strain on your enamel. You may even experience some gum damage. The complications can take many forms, each of which can have lasting issues with your oral health.

Spaces Between Teeth

If you have gaps in your smile, you may be all too familiar with the effects that missing teeth can have on your appearance. However, gapped teeth are also home to bacteria and plaque that can cause a whole new set of issues. Typically, gapped teeth can be the result of:

• Thumb-sucking or using a pacifier beyond the age of 3
• Having small teeth
• Missing teeth
• Experiencing tongue thrust
• Having a large frenulum

Regardless of why your teeth are gapped, Invisalign will align your smile to eliminate gaps for a healthy set of teeth.

Maintain Your Appearance

The plastic used for clear aligners is incredibly transparent. In fact, it is so transparent, that no one around you will even notice that you’re wearing the aligners unless you tell them, or you remove your trays in front of them. As long as you clean them and brush your teeth after eating richly pigmented foods, you won’t leave stains on them, nor will they lose their transparency. If you’re someone who relies on their appearance for their job, you don’t have to sacrifice it just to achieve a straighter smile. And if you have an important occasion coming up, such as a wedding, your wedding photos don’t have to include a metal mouth.

Improved Comfort

Invisalign clear aligners are made from smooth plastic, which fits snugly around each of your teeth. Since you’re going to wear them for about 20 to 22 hours per day for several months, it’s incredibly important that they feel comfortable. As a metal-free solution to orthodontics, clear aligners are truly ideal for long-term use. There’s no risk of metal components (i.e., brackets and wires) breaking or bending. Dental emergencies can easily happen if metal orthodontics get damaged, but clear aligners prevent this issue in the first place.

Freedom to Eat the Foods You Want

Clear aligners from Invisalign are completely removable. This makes sense since you’ll have to remove them to eat meals and practice oral care, but it’s quite a major benefit when compared to traditional orthodontics. Braces force you to constrict your diet and avoid eating foods that could get caught in or even damage your hardware. With clear aligners, you simply remove them and place them in your protective case. You can even chew gum! Just make sure to never eat with the aligners still in, as they are not strong enough to withstand daily chewing forces.

Faster Results

Traditional braces require a minimum of two years of wear before any results can occur. With Invisalign clear aligners, your treatment only takes between 10 and 18 months. It’s one of the fastest orthodontic treatments on the market that keeps aesthetics, comfort, and functionality in mind. On top of that, because you’re getting the entire series of aligners upfront, you don’t have to visit the dentist as often as you would if you had traditional braces.

Traditional Invisalign

Traditional Invisalign treatment is recommended for adult patients in their mid-20s or older. These treatment plans use a series of clear, plastic aligners to gently shift teeth into the ideal alignment over the course of about twelve months. Each set of alignment trays represents the smile as it moves one step closer to the ideal alignment. You’ll wear the aligners for about two weeks. Then, simply exchange the aligners for the next set in the series. Rather than frequent office visits to adjust brackets and wires, you will simply need to attend short checkup visits in our practice every six to eight weeks to ensure your smile is progressing according to plan.

Invisalign Teen

For busy teens and those who want to keep their smiles looking great throughout treatment, Invisalign Teen may offer an ideal solution. The system works the same way as traditional Invisalign, but there are many features especially beneficial for teens, including:

• These systems offer as many as six complimentary replacement aligners because Invisalign on cafeteria trays often ends up in the trash.
• There are indicators in place to allow parents and dentists to tell whether or not the teen is wearing their Invisalign trays for the necessary amount of time to achieve the desired results.
• Unlike traditional braces that are often complicated by the teen’s growing smile, Invisalign Teen allows the dentist to guide newly erupting teeth into alignment.

The Propel Accelerated Orthodontic Plan

Whether you choose to straighten your smile with Invisalign or traditional bracket and wire braces, you may want to consider speeding up the process with Propel. This system of accelerated orthodontics offers patients quicker and more comfortable tooth movement throughout their orthodontic plan. In addition to the traditional Propel Excellerator treatment to speed the orthodontic process, we also utilize the innovative VPro5 tool to help patients make the most of their Invisalign treatment plan. You’ll use the VPro5 tool at home. For about five minutes each day, the tool is placed to ensure the Invisalign trays are properly seated to ensure maximum effect. We encourage patients to complete their VPro5 therapy immediately before going to sleep. For most patients, this is the longest consecutive wear time, so the VPro5 treatment can offer maximum efficacy.

What Factors Influence the Cost of Invisalign?

When you arrive for your initial consultation, our team will start by examining your smile and determining if Invisalign is right for you. Should you be given the green light to move forward with treatment, you can expect that you’ll not only receive personalized treatment during this visit but also a cost estimate of how much you can expect to spend for a straighter smile.

Some of the factors that are considered include:

• The number of aligners you will need throughout treatment
• The severity of your dental problem (i.e., overcrowding, spaces between teeth, bite alignment)
• If you require only a top or bottom aligner or both
• The retainer you’ll need to wear once you are finished with Invisalign
• If you need any pre-orthodontic dental work (i.e., tooth extraction)

Is Invisalign Worth the Investment?

If wearing a mouth full of metal doesn’t sound like a great time to you, the opportunity to receive treatment by wearing clear aligners might sound more appealing. Invisalign offers a wide array of benefits that cannot be achieved with any other orthodontic treatment, such as:

• Improved confidence and appearance
• Better oral health
• Ability to eat whatever you like without restrictions
• Flexibility and convenience
• No chance of irritation
• Minor discomfort
• Shorter and fewer dental visits
• Faster treatment

What Can I Expect at the Invisalign Consultation?

During your initial consultation, your dentist will want to look at your smile in its entirety to get a better understanding of how severe your particular problem may be. Whether you have overcrowding, spaces between your teeth, or a bite alignment issue, it’s important that one of our dentists evaluate your smile and determine if Invisalign or traditional braces will help you reach your desired goals.

After a visual exam, digital impressions will be taken of your smile as a way for us to map out your smile sequence. This will not only allow us to determine how it will develop over the course of treatment, but these images will also help dental lab technicians create your customized aligners so that they fit your mouth comfortably.

You’ll also receive a breakdown of how much you can expect to pay for your Invisalign treatment. After looking at all the factors your dentist is taking into consideration, you are more than welcome to speak with one of our team members about available financing as well as any other options that can help make the process to straighten teeth in Weatherford possible.