Wearing orthodontic wearables is one of the easiest ways to rectify alignment issues of your teeth. Out of them, especially the painful and disfiguring braces, Invisalign aligners are the best. But even if you have the best, their effectiveness can be reduced when you don’t know how to use them right.
In this read, we’re going to point out some of those mistakes so that you can use them better this year.
Wearing standardized sizes
Some people believe that Invisalign Clear Aligners have inner mechanical or even electronic action that makes the wearable automatically fit your teeth. That’s a completely false assumption.
Invisalign aligners are made from a special flexible component and it doesn’t have anything mechanical or electronic. Unless the design was bespoke, it’s not going to be effective at all. Hence, rule #1 is always avoiding standardized sizes.
Not wearing for the recommended daily hours
These aligners are used over braces mostly due to the increased effectiveness. But another significant reason is the fact that they can be taken off sometimes. Wearing an extra something on your mouth is always going to be a little bit strange at the start.
If you gave in to that and took off the aligners every now and then, can you really expect the fast alignment action of it? Not so much. The basic rule of thumb is wearing it for at least 20 hours per day, which includes wearing them in sleep.
Choosing an incapable dental clinic
We cannot stress just how important it is to choose a specialized clinic when it comes to your aligner. This is mostly due to the fact that not all dental clinics use the same identical imaging equipment. It’s the accuracy of the imaging that helps the orthodontic designers to predict the trajectory of alignment.
On the flip side, having the perfect imaging isn’t enough too – you need to have capable dental experts to do the designing as well. Hence, make sure you choose a capable dental clinic for the best results.
Avoid visiting the dental clinic timely
You’re incapable of examining the progress of your teeth just by looking from the mirror. If some changes need to be made, the dentist will do that for you. But that won’t happen if you did not visit the dentist on the in the ideal frequency you need to visit them.
You’re not taking good care of them in general
If you’re leaving them exposed to severe sunlight, on extremely heated or cold surfaces, and even to be chewed by your pets, you should let go of the expectation of fast action. The better you take care of the wearables, the better would be the effect.
Conclusion
Our conclusion is that you should aloud these mistakes consciously. The more you avoid, the more will you be able to utilize the wearables in the right way. When you use them in an absolutely perfect manner, it won’t be all too hard to make the absolute maximum use of it – which means, bringing the date of decommissioning of the wearable even closer.
