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By straightening teeth, patients not only get a beautiful smile but also gain health benefits from teeth with less places to trap food in them as crooked teeth. Many patients do not prefer the obvious traditional metal braces that they have to wear in order to straighten their teeth. Fortunately, we offer clear aligners as an alternative to braces that are just as effective. Patients will be able to benefit from wearing clear aligners while also straightening their teeth in a discreet manner. Clear aligners are an efficient alternative to traditional braces. Here are a few key factors that people need to understand about clear aligners.

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Removable, cleansable and invisible

Clear aligners are the preferable choice for many patients in Brookline and Boston, MA since they are removable and are not obviously visible to other people. The clear aligners come in a set, with each aligner being at a different position that gradually pushes the teeth into the proper position.

The aligners consist of a clear plastic material that does not change the color of the teeth and will only be noticeable when the wearer tells someone to look at the teeth up close. With the discreet appearance, patients will not need to feel self-conscious about wearing clear aligners.

Before patients begin the process, Coron dental team will digital scan and analyze the patient’s teeth. We will then send this data to the lab and measure out the treatment plan. For the treatment plan, the patient will wear different clear aligners every two weeks or so and move onto the next pair. With this process, the patient will only feel pain for the first day or so and will have straight teeth before they know it.

Clear aligners are also removable but need to stay in the patient’s mouth for at least 22 hours a day. If the patient needs to remove the aligners to eat or to play a sports game, then he or she just needs to place them back in as soon as possible. When eating, patients will remove the aligners and return them to the mouth once they finish eating and clean their mouth out. People may also remove the aligners for an important meeting, presentation, date or to take photos.

Is it for young children?

Since clear aligners require more responsibility, clear aligners are not always the best treatment for children. Children are not responsible enough to take proper care of clear aligners. In many cases, a child may remove the clear aligners for lunch and then throw them out with the lunch bag by accident.

The child may also have trouble remembering to remove the aligners to brush his or her actual teeth each night and then replace the aligners. Since they require more care, we recommend that children stick to braces until they are more responsible.

How to eat or drink with clear aligners

Patients need to clean their teeth after each meal before placing the aligners back in. Patients could remove the clear aligners to eat or drink and then must reposition the aligners. Anyhow if one does not clean his or her teeth before replacing the aligners, then there is a good chance that the food will be visible in the aligners. We recommend that patients strive to brush or at least rinse the mouth with water after every meal.

Clear aligners are removable when they needs to take them out for certain situations, but the patient needs to put them back in fairly quickly after short removal. With braces, the patient does not have the option to remove them and does not interrupt the overall straightening process. However, removing the aligners for too long can cause the teeth to begin to return to their old position.

The longer a patient removes the clear aligners for, the longer the treatment can take overall. Therefore, it is best to only remove the clear aligners for a certain amount of time before repositioning them to the mouth