If the idea of having to have brackets, whether metal or clear ceramic, glued to the front of your teeth and strung together with wires puts you off getting your teeth straightened, then come and find out about another method.
At Weybridge Orthodontics, we understand that for many of our patients, having to mar their looks with traditional braces is not something they can do. Often this is because they have to maintain a certain image of professionalism or authority. If they are younger, it’s because life’s hard enough already being a teenager without having to feel crucified with embarrassment about their braces for months on end.
That’s why we offer Invisalign in Weybridge. Invisalign revolutionised the world of teeth straightening when it first hit the market back in the late 1990s. Since then, more than 6 million people have had their teeth straightened with these nifty clear aligners.
Invisalign in Weybridge works really well on mild to moderate alignment issues. It pushes rather than pulls teeth into place. This means it’s not so great for complex alignment processes or for teeth that failed to descend properly and need to be pulled down, or up, out of the jawbone. That said, it is possible to start with traditional braces and then move onto Invisalign in Weybridge once the alignments have reached a simpler stage.
Easy smiles, easy snacks
Invisalign aligners are made of transparent rigid plastic that fits exactly to the contours of your gums. When you put them on over your teeth, they fit like an extra layer of enamel and pretty much disappear from view. As well as being undetectable, the fact that Invisalign aligners are also removable takes a lot of hassle out of eating and cleaning. All you have to do is remove and store them while you eat, brush your teeth thoroughly and then put them back in again.
On average it takes a year for treatment and this is followed by a period of wearing a retainer, either bonded or removable, to keep your teeth in place while the bone and ligaments settle down.
If you’d like to find out more about Invisalign in Weybridge, come in for a consultation.