Crooked teeth can make people very self-conscious. Many children have their teeth straightened, but others go through their high-school years trying never to smile. This doesn’t change when they become adults. Their family may not have had the money to straighten their teeth. Once they are adults they may have the funds, but they feel braces are for kids. They don’t want to go to a business lunch and have to worry about getting salad stuck in metal wires. If they are lucky, one of the dentists in Manassas tells them about Invisalign at one of their regular dental checkups.
The Invisalign method uses transparent aligners to gently nudge teeth into their proper location. When the aligners are in place they are invisible to the untrained eye. They are taken out to eat. So a person attending a business lunch will simply remove them, eat lunch, brush their teeth and then replace them. He will never have to worry about food being caught in dental appliances. His business associates will never know that he is straightening his teeth. Eventually they will just know he looks better. They may eventually think he’s just lost weight or had his teeth whitened.The process begins with one the dentists in Manassas taking an impression of the person’s upper and lower jaws. This is sent to a dental laboratory where the information is fed into a computer. Sophisticated software than determines the correct location for each tooth. A series of aligners are designed that will move the teeth into their correct position. The patient visits their dentist every two weeks, so that he can check on the progress. If the teeth have progressed to the correct intermediate location, the dentist provides the next aligner. While the patient may experience some slight discomfort as the teeth move, most people tolerate it well. There are no wires to irritate their mouth as there are with traditional braces.
People should wear the aligners throughout the day and night. They should only be removed for eating and cleaning. If a person takes them out too often, it will slow down their progress. Once the teeth have reached their proper location, the person will have to wear a retainer for about a year. This ensures that the teeth will not return to their original location.
