Clear Aligners
Clear aligners can be an excellent way to enhance your smile!
Clear aligners can be an excellent way to enhance your smile!
Wish you could straighten your teeth without hunky metal wires and brackets? Now you can! Clear aligner therapy involves fabricating custom-made removable plastic aligners for you to wear over your teeth for 22 hours a day.
They exert gentle but firm pressure on your teeth to gradually shift them throughout your treatment. These comfortable aligners allow you to experience more freedom and flexibility in your everyday life.
You will change to a new aligner every 2 weeks, slowly shifting your teeth into the correct alignment with each tray you wear. The average treatment time is 12 to 18 months. Contact us at Auburn Hills Family Dentistry today to schedule a consultation with Dr. Josh Haycock.
Clear aligners therapy is highly effective at treating minor to moderate orthodontic problems like overcrowded or crooked teeth, closing small gaps, and correcting bite problems. Clear aligners can fix over, under, open, and crossbites with the help of plastic attachments.
While those with severe malocclusions and teeth that need to be rotated past 20 degrees may be a better candidate for braces, we encourage you to come in for a consultation so we can evaluate your teeth and determine if clear aligner therapy is right for you.
Clear aligners are more discreet than braces because they are transparent instead of metal. They blend in with your natural teeth which is what makes them such a popular option within the adult population that may have some reservations about getting orthodontic treatment later in life.
Because clear aligners are removable, you can eat a restriction-free diet. Just be sure to remove your aligners before consuming anything other than water. The removability of the aligners means they’re also more hygienic because you can brush and floss all of the surfaces of the teeth, unlike with braces.
With our digital software, we can digitally map out and plan your entire treatment from start to finish so you’re fully informed from the very beginning. We can show you what your alignment will look like throughout the process and the final results.
Clear aligner therapy is also much more comfortable because the materials are plastic rather than metal. You don’t have to worry about brackets breaking and damaging your gums or causing oral injuries. They cause less gum soreness as the