For many people, braces as a teenager are a rite of passage. Not everyone with crooked teeth, though, has them straightened as a child or teenager. Many people grow up to adulthood while still having misaligned and inconsistently spaced teeth. While braces are commonly worn by teenagers, orthodontics is as important to adults as to teens. Adults can have their teeth straightened too.
Many adults with crooked teeth long to have them straightened, perhaps because they’re simply bored with crooked teeth or because those crooked teeth undermine their appearance, confidence, or professional presentation. For a lot of those adults who want straighter teeth, though, the last thing they want to go through is orthodontics via wire and metal braces. Every teenager can tell you — wearing braces comes with a lot of stigmas, not to mention what you see when you look in the mirror.
Adults who want to have their teeth straightened but who don’t want to have to go through the teenage stigma of wearing braces, or simply want an alternative to traditional wire and metal-based orthodontics, now have an option — Invisalign in Kissimmee. For many adults considering having their teeth straightened by a dentist in Kissimmee, Invisalign offers several key advantages. What are those advantages, and do any of them apply to you?
Aligners from Invisalign in Kissimmee are transparent and removable
Each item in the series of aligners you will wear during your Invisalign treatment plan is made of a clear thermoplastic material that is transparent and nearly invisible on your teeth. Unlike the glaringly obvious presence of wire and metal braces, many people may be completely unaware you’re wearing an Invisalign aligner unless you tell them.
Not only are your aligners transparent, but they’re also removable. While the timely and successful completion of your treatment plan depends on you wearing your aligners for 20 to 22 hours daily, you can remove your aligner if required — for professional engagements or presentations, for example.
You can keep your current dietary and daily dental hygiene habits
Braces make eating many foods hard or impossible, especially when you consider the need to keep your teeth and braces clean. With Invisalign, that process is as easy as if you weren’t wearing braces at all. Because you won’t be. To eat or drink anything other than water, you’ll be able to remove your aligners and simply put them back in after cleaning them once you’ve finished eating.
You’ll never have to worry about picking food particles out of braces, or about how to floss around brackets and wires. Instead, you’ll be able to sustain or build on your current daily hygiene habits completely naturally — by removing your aligners before brushing and flossing.
Having your teeth straightened with Invisalign near you is simple and efficient
Every Invisalign treatment plan develops a set of thermoplastic aligners based on 3D imaging of your teeth and simulations of the final goal and intervening steps your teeth need to take on the way to your final new smile. You will, by exercising the discipline to wear your aligners for 20 to 22 hours daily, progress through your set of aligners predictably and according to a predetermined schedule. You’ll visit the dentist every month to six weeks to confirm your progress and for quick check-ins, but without the rigamarole of removing braces, cleaning teeth, re-positioning of braces, and adjusting braces. With Invisalign, follow-up appointments are shorter and more efficient.
Are straighter teeth on your bucket list? If you’re an adult finally ready to say goodbye to your crooked teeth for any reason — from personal dissatisfaction to the importance of your professional image — wire and metal braces are not the only available option. Many adults opt to have their teeth straightened with Invisalign because the process is more discrete, convenient, and efficient. If discretion, convenience, and efficiency are important to you, contact a dentist near you to confirm you are a good candidate for Invisalign.